Tips and Advice About Writing and Self-Publishing
If you’re struggling to write then it could be lack of inspiration. Think about why you started writing in the first place. What is it about the written word that inspires you? This week, look around the see all the things that inspire you. Even people who inspire and motivate you to live your dreams.…
Have you been only dreaming about writing or even getting started on that story that lives within your heart? Use this week to take action. Get started and get one step closer to making that dream happen.
If you’re worried that your story is going to get rejected then it’s never going to get published. Like this quote says, dream big and dare to fail. Write your best story and have the courage to submit it.
I love this quote because it reminds me of one thing. Every time you sit down to write you don’t have to be perfect. Don’t worry if you wrote perfect prose the day before but today’s a different story. Don’t panic if you’ve been staring at a blank page for five minutes…just write anything that comes…
I saw this quotation and thought it could equally apply to writing. Don’t be afraid to write whatever comes into your head or even your heart. Even if it doesn’t make it into a story or become a story, it’s important to you for a reason. It could be a cue to step outside of…
I saw this quote and thought how it could apply to writing a book. Everyone says they have an idea for a book which is great but unless you write it, you stand no chance of getting published. If you’ve been putting off writing that book, print this out, post it somewhere you can see it…
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ― Winston S. Churchill I thought this quote from Winston Churchill can be applied to the writing life. Sometimes we fail, we write terrible first drafts, the muse is lost and we get rejection letters. However, it’s having the courage and…
“Nobody’s a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It’s hard to stay on top.” – Paul Coffey I thought this quote is true of anything you do in life but especially relevant to being an author. Becoming a good writer and getting published takes time. (Even if you’ve…
Rejections arrive in many ways these days. When I started writing there was only one way you got a rejection letter and that was in the mail. I’d watch the mailman walk by the window to see if he had a manila envelope in his hand. I always used those types of envelopes with my submissions and…
The road to publication starts with one tiny step. Oftentimes that’s in the form of mustering up enough courage to just do it. If you’ve been thinking about finally writing a book or even a short story, just go for it, just try it. You might find out it’s something you don’t enjoy after all, but then again…
