by alkamy | Oct 22, 2018 | Writing
Perhaps you fancy yourself a writer, but as much as the activity calls to you, you’re not fulfilling the first dictum of being a writer: writers write. What’s up with that? We could dig deep into analyzing the causes of your avoidance, perhaps uncovering some limiting...
by alkamy | Jan 25, 2017 | Mindset, Writing
What can hundreds of thousands of aspiring novelists teach you about goal setting? Every November, a bunch of crazy people set out to write 50,000 words in a month. About 40,000 of them will make it. The contest is known as NaNoWriMo, short for National Novel Writing...
by alkamy | Oct 17, 2016 | Mindset
Eleanor Roosevelt famously said, “Do one thing every day that scares you.” It is simple yet profound advice. Getting out of our comfort zone is, of course, the way that we grow. When we perform an act that scares us we are exercising new muscles, perhaps taking baby...