11 Delightful Gifts for Writers to Make Progress: 2022 Holiday Gift Guide
I don’t know about you but I regularly need affirmations that my writing matters. Between changing dirty diapers and stressing over...
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How to be a successful writer: the one distinguishing factor
Your book proposal bombed…again. Someone else already published your book idea. You can’t find the time to write. Do you feel like your...
8 Prayers to Strengthen Your Writing Life
Sitting down day after day to put words to a page. Daring to expose vulnerable thoughts and revealing stories. Fighting your inner...
3 (Kind of) Easy Steps to Follow When You Have Too Many Book Ideas
Hi, my name is Mikaela, and I have an addiction to book ideas. They come in waves, while talking with a friend or washing my hair in the...
Beware the lie your writing doesn't matter. Here's why.
I’ve wanted to publish a book since I could write my name. As a pre-teen scribbling Newsies fan fiction, as a teenager imagining the...
5 Journal Prompts For When You Want More Contentment, Less Jealousy
One of my favorite parts of the writing life is connecting with fellow authors. Discussing the writing craft over in-real-life coffee or...
7 Practical Steps to Set up Your Email List and Grow your Reach
You’ve heard you’re supposed to have an email list. People have told you about lead magnets and opt-ins and freebies. But how are you...
A Simplistic How to Guide for Beginner's Success on Instagram
Instagram! The word either brings joy or dread. By the end of this post, I hope it brings you joy. Imagine feeling in control, making...
A Year on Instagram: 9 Mindset Shifts that Made me Love the Platform
You don’t have to look far for a study or story about social media’s deterioration of our mental health. During the pandemic and 2020...
How to Love Telling People You're a Writer without Sounding Crazy
You're mingling at a party with new people and a kind stranger asks you what you do for a living. You freeze. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "Uh, I'm a...
How's Your Writing Life? Here's a Tool to Make it Better
Writing online can feel overwhelming, especially if you hope to write a self-published book someday. You’ve got to juggle your email and...
My 3 pieces of advice to an amazing, balanced summer of writing and family
Anyone else ready to sit poolside with a sparkling water and a good book? Me too! Except this year, I’ll be kicking it at the community...
6 Reasons Why You Might Stop Writing + How to Avoid Them
Writing can be like trying to have a conversation with a friend while the news is blaring in the background. You want to pay attention to...
My Tried and True Favorite Journals to Help You Get Unstuck
As I write this blog post, I’m also writing an email series of mini-coaching sessions for writers who feel stuck and overwhelmed. In it,...
20 prompts to get out of a rut and help you enjoy writing again
It’s mid-February, y’all. Statistically speaking, most of us have dropped our new year’s writing goals by now. I have. January exploded...
5 Questions to Ask When You Don't Know What's Next
I scrubbed a pot stuck with oatmeal over the kitchen sink and rolled over a business decision in my head again and again. As the hot...
5 Situations Where You Might Be Ready for a Writing Coach
I like to think of it as the $10,000 question. The question that sparked months of preparation, hundreds of running feet, and 15,000...
My Favorite 5 Step Process to Overcome Negative Emotions and Make Progress
Ever thought about the words we say to ourselves in our heads, when we know no one will ever hear or know them? Yikes. Sorry to go there....
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