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I’ve written before about the importance of creating a box for ourselves. Creatives need the box, because they need routine, a rhythm that invites creativity in, every single day. So every morning I wake up at the same time, and I engage in the same rhythm. 1. Write...

The husband and I recently had a discussion that bordered an argument about money and time and taking care of our family. I have known for a while about my job ending, but I’ve been dragging my heels in looking for something to replace my income, not just because I am...

It’s become a tradition every year for me to spend the week before the old year is finished and the week after the new year has come working out goals and projects I plan to pursue in the 365 days of possibility before me. Goal setting helps me focus better on what it...

“I wish I didn’t have so much to write this week,” I said. It was exhaustion speaking, since I haven’t slept in days because of pregnancy-related discomfort. And it’s Christmas, so it’s a short week and I still have gifts to finish and wrap, and all of that hangs over...

In 10 days I will be done with my second novel-in-a-year project. For a year, I have spent time with the characters of What He Left Me, and I have held Paulie in my arms, and I have fallen in love with Mr. Langley, and I have rooted for Aunt Bee. It’s not easy to...

Some people reach for 10,000 hours. Some make their 10,000-words-a-week goal. Some set a timer and some set a time limit, but what they all have in common is a commitment to practice. If we want to be great writers or painters or singers, we must be willing to put in...