I had a bad week last week. I got a couple of my final school papers in the mail and I wasn’t pleased with my grades nor all the comments from my teachers. I thought I’d done a lot better than I had. (If you didn’t know, I’m getting my Master of Arts in Creative [...]

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          This past week has been super busy, with yet more opportunities to see the “Slow and Steady” reaction win the day. I come to the end of one busy, busy week and the beginning of another busy, busy week relatively stress-free. Or at least stress-controlled. [...]

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          We are writers.
          That seems a bit obvious, given our name, but it bears repeating. It’s the core truth of our site. We are writers wanting to encourage ourselves and other writers to write more.
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Everything in the world is cyclical, including how I operate in terms of writing. My cycle has four main stages:
1) Working hard, praying hard, and expecting things to change any minute. This is the stage where I get the most writing done. I’m fired up and using all my energy to move ahead as fast [...]

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          Last week I said it was time to get busy, but after hearing from some of you and reassessing my situation, I realized I was misunderstanding my angst. Rather than my lack of writing being a symptom of procrastination, it was actually an indication that my [...]

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          Breaks from writing are great, but there comes a moment when it is time to GET BACK TO WORK.
          I’ve past that point.
          I have written very little other than this blog the past two [...]

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Last week, I started to tell you all the ways I try to gather information that will be helpful to my career as a writer. But the list was so long, I had to break it into two blogs. Last week I mentioned online classes and lecture packets, Twitter, blogs, online articles for writers, and [...]

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In addition to routinely writing, we need to routinely gather information. This may come in a variety of forms, many of which you know about. You might want to take online classes and learn something new or brush up on something you need to work on. One of my favorite online teachers is Margie Lawson. [...]

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          Transitions. I have a love-hate relationship with them. Given my personality, I enjoy change. I start to get bored and unmotivated if my life stays the same too long. As much as I have come to value routines and schedules, I must have fun, [...]

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I am so pleased to welcome Mona Hodgson to Routines for Writers! She’s been my friend for a long time, and was a mentor to me before that. She has written wonderful stories for children for years, and today she celebrates the release of her first novel for adults. Please welcome her! I know you’ll [...]

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