Pathway 2 Success! Part 2

P1+P2+P3=Pathway to Success! P2 is Process. Last time we talked about the importance of P1, planning. This post let’s explore process, the pathway to success. Think of process as your routine. The dictionary defines process as; a series of actions or operations...

Pathway 2 Success Part 1

In my last post, I shared my 3 P’s of productivity. Plan, Process and Pomodoros = Pathway 2 Success! (P1+P2+P3=P2S) I’m going to spend the next three posts exploring each P more closely. The first, or P1, is plan. Benjamin Franklin said, “If you fail...

Time to Write!

 So, now that I’ve uncovered where I can beg, borrow or steal a little time out of my day. (See previous posting) The question is; how do I manage it most effectively? As I have struggled with consistency in my own writing schedule, I have found three things that are...

Uncovering the Time Warp

            We run out of time, we live on borrowed time, time flies. We long for “free” time, but “time is money”.  We waste time, we race time, we kill time. There is no doubt, we have a complicated relationship with time. Everyone I know...

5 Reasons to Join a Critique Group

We writers often forget that our writing is a form of communication, which by definition requires more than one person. We sit alone, pen in hand or fingers poised over keys, and travel through our imaginations writing down what we see. It’s only once the romp is over...

SCBWI 2012 Summer Conference

Wanna know what you missed? On August 3-6th the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators held their 41st annual summer conference in Los Angeles. What an amazing opportunity! The whole place oozed with creative energy. Editors, agents and authors both...