Writing on Demand

I admit, I haven’t recently followed the advice I give my writing coach and blog coach clients about writing on demand. I’ve only just now gotten back to writing my book Auntie Mom. For those of you who missed that post, suffice to say that my 18-year-old...

How to Get Kids Excited About Writing

When I donated a month’s worth of writing coach sessions to a silent auction benefiting a local non-profit organization, I didn’t expect my new writing coach client to be 11. “Does he want to do this?” I asked his father who had actually bid on...

Writing State of Mind

I just attended an awesome workshop given by Freedom Personal Development president Eric Plantenberg about state of mind. It turns out that while intention and action are important when trying to accomplish something—like writing a book or a blog—state of mind is even...

New Years’s Writing Resolution

I’m not big on New Year’s resolutions, but I’m making a writing resolution this year. I’m committing to doing my own writing which all too often gets back-burnered. Earlier this year, a group of writers was surveyed about how they would feel if...

A Tale of Writing Inspiration

You’ve heard about the cobbler who has no shoes? Well the same often goes for writers and writing coaches. We get so busy helping others that we lose the time, energy or inclination to do our own writing. Sometimes, however, seemingly out of nowhere, the urge snakes...