As a writer I’m always challenging myself to learn new things so that I can keep things fresh in my writing. I have this fear of running out of clever new ideas or that somewhere down the road my books might end up coming out looking suspiciously like some of the other books I’d previously written. Or worse yet, like someone else’s book. This popular saying come to mind, “There are no new stories, just new ways of telling them.” I’m not sure if that’s true or not, but most people in the business of writing tend to feel that way. (more…)
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Be Your Own Cheerleader
Posted in authors, blogging, Family, Fiction, friends, goals, humor, Jansen Schmidt, resolutions, romance, short story, success, words, writers, writing, tagged #amwriting, cheer leader, demon, difficult road, disappointment, discouragement, edit manuscript, editing, edits, ferris wheel, good enough, keep going, manuscript, Mississippi writers, quitting, romance writers, support system, SVR, sympathy, tired, WIP, writing groups, writing life on September 12, 2016| 15 Comments »
I know, I know, being your own cheerleader is hard. That’s why we have friends and support groups and such. But, sometimes, only YOU can talk yourself off the ledge.
Last week I ventured down a path I rarely travel and there’s a reason for that; it’s the road of disappointment and discouragement. Usually I keep the gate shut on that life exit, but sometimes the wind blows it open and that little bastard demon living inside me wants to go exploring. Damn that little demon! (more…)
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