Those of you who have seen that the Writer’s Block book came out a couple of weeks ago will likely also have seen that I haven’t released a podcast episode in a while, so I’m going to do a prep post for the FINAL episode of the Writer’s Block series. First, I have to tell…
I’m sure if you’ve heard anyone talk about writer’s block in the past, one of the first myths you’re going to expect on this list is: “writer’s block exists.” Right? Because typically, people who talk about writer’s block have a rhetoric about it that assumes the presence of creative block is primarily evidence of either…
It’s our monthly non-fiction book review time, and instead of a “book” that I read this month, I’m going to talk about a documentary that I’m watching. Belinda Sheehan (a SFW alum who is a #2 Competition) posted about the documentary on Netflix called “Cheer,” which is about the reigning Grand National Champion collegiate cheer…
We got a comment that was all about the “blue ocean” theory. If you’re unfamiliar, the blue ocean theory is a way to categorize markets. Basically, in the ocean, where there’s food, there are predators. Where there’s red ocean, you know there are predators eating the food. So if you want to find a place…
Should I Run Ads? In recent months, I’ve been having fifty shades of the same conversation with authors. As a success coach (who primarily coaches creatives), I talk to around 100 individual authors per month, and sometimes more, for about 45 minutes each, so when I say fifty shades of the same conversation, I mean…
This week will be interesting, on the QuitCast. This is the week that Becca decides just how badly she wants to not offend people. TOPIC – QTP: Common Sense Because I happened to be working on nonfiction a lot this last week, I decided to go out and take a look at some of it.…
In the Dear Writer, You Need to Quit book, I talk a lot about the things that writers need to quit doing in order to have more success. There’s one I wish I would have spent a little more time on. Quit Fixing The Wrong Problem One of the most common reasons that people come…
A couple of thoughts on Burnout, for the final burnout QuitCast. First, the ladder is the way out of the pit, but it is not the end of recovery. That last step off the ladder is a precarious one, because it can last quite a while. Typically, as people hit those last steps of burnout,…
The Burnout series is coming to a close and it’s been very popular. I’m glad (and not glad) that it was so popular. Glad because it was helpful. Not glad because it means we all need the help, which means that burnout is resonating with a lot of us. As much as I’m glad to…
A couple of notes I want to make about the Writer Burnout and Energy Pennies podcast episode. Link, in case you haven’t seen it: https://youtu.be/5-PUWCs6Vmo Because burnout is a topic that isn’t popular to address, and a very personal topic, I hesitated making this video. But I feel like I have to talk about it,…