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Live It to Give It
When I was writing my book on stress-reduction for teens in 2007, I distinctly remember being super stressed, the result of a crazy tight deadline, competing freelance work, and a bunch of parenting...
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Dwelling in Possibility
This week my “whats” are battling my “hows.” The “whats” being what I’m creating and brainstorming for next year — a new class or two, a support group for writers, a new program designed to help people...
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Slowing Down
I don’t know about you, but I like to move fast. I like to run fast, walk fast, talk fast, work fast. I’m good at cranking out high quality work quickly, and as a result, I can be uber productive in a...
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It Matters
Like everyone I know, I’m heartbroken by the tragedy that took place in Newtown, CT last Friday. Like, you, I’ve been sending love and light to the families and loved ones who are suffering, and...
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Time for an Evolution
It’s January 2nd. The holiday break is over, I’m semi-recharged, and for the first time in 2 weeks I have my house to myself. Just me, Baxter (dog) and Alex (cat). (Yay!) I’m digging through the emails...
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Doors Open Next Week for THE WRITING ALLIANCE!
I’m so excited to pre-announce my new program for writers, The Writing Alliance. The Writing Alliance is a monthly “club” designed to give writers the support, inspiration, and accountability they need...
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Tuning Out the Noise
This week I’ve got a lot to do, but to get it done I’ve got to find a way to tune out the noise. And there’s lots of noise to be heard. There’s the actual noise of my neighbors and their daily drumming...
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Enrollment is OPEN for The Writing Alliance and The Book in You
Is this your year to write? Maybe you’re looking to stay on track with a big writing project you can’t seem to complete. Or maybe you’ve been wanting to write that novel or memoir for years and you’re...
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Fumbling Through
My post today is going to be a little different than my usual thing. When I started this new blog a year ago, my promise to you was that I’d be completely authentic and let it all hang out. So, there’s...
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A Modern Day Identity Crisis
In my world, I talk with/work with many creative entrepreneurs, and one of the most common threads I’ve discovered is that many of us find it challenging to articulate what we do and who we are...
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Feast or Famine
Feast or famine. For many of us in the world of freelance and/or self-employment, that seems to be the way things roll. Even with the most deliberate business planning, we often find ourselves either...
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Reflections on the Death of a Hard Drive
Yesterday morning while brushing my teeth, I plopped down onto my office chair and turned on my computer. My plan was to check in on email and attend to a few things before waking my son up for school....
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Anatomy of 10 Years as a Solopreneur
My workspace On this day in February, I’m thinking about the 33-year-old woman I was ten years ago, having just handed in my notice as a development exec for Cartoon Network with a dream of following...
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Getting to Shipping
Clients and colleagues often ask me how I get things done. Specifically, they’re looking for insight into how I go beyond the idea and brainstorming phase and actually get to the executing and shipping...
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Wading Through the Mud
Have you ever been working on a project — a report, development of a class, a blog post, a speech — and gotten to a point where the whole thing just felt messy? I have. I do. For me, it goes something...
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Outweighing the Fear of Vulnerability
Have you ever wanted something and then when it actually happened or came through, gone into a full-fledged panic, and asked yourself why in the hell you wanted that thing in the first place? Maybe for...
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Do It Your Own Way
A number of the clients I’ve been working with lately seem to be struggling with the same thing. They’ve got big things they want to create — their book or their blog or their business — but they hit a...
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When Spring Fever Hits
I don’t know about you, but I’m experiencing some serious spring fever. Longer days, my garden in bloom, and an unusual sunny streak (for Seattle) has something to do with it, as I’m sure does the fact...
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6 Tips for Diving Back Into a Creative Project
Got deadlines? Me too. More than a few. I’m usually good with deadlines when everything’s humming along and going smoothly, but as the mantra coined by Martha Beck goes, Everything’s changing all the...
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Letting the Cat Out of the Bag
For the past few months, big changes have been brewing in my world. The kind of changes that my husband and I dreamed about and hoped for, that we knew deep down in our core were going to happen, but...
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