Writing With Dogs Who Slobber: The Three Secrets to Awesome Characters
carriejonesbooks So, you’re probably looking at the blog post title up there and thinking, “What?” Stay with me a second; I’ll explain, I swear. I’m going to boil down the basic…
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Stopping Doomsday Thinking
A lot of great clients and students that I’ve worked with have what I like to call Doomsday Thinking. I’m pretty sure I didn’t coin that phrase. What is doomsday…
Self-Doubt is an Evil Demon, Banish It, Now, Writer Babies!
Failing one time? It doesn’t make you a failure. Failing 1,000 times? Still doesn’t make you a failure. You’re only a failure if you decide to be.
I Don’t Understand Lipstick Tubes
Back before COVID-19, I went to a board meeting on a Monday night for a local non-profit. The people sitting around the table are passing around a tube of lipstick.…