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BUILDING THE LIFE OR BOOK OR HOUSE YOU WANT
Digging Deep and Owl Baby in the Christmas Tree
Cloud on a Couch Again Because She Always Is
I Saw Wolves Where There Are Allegedly No Wolves
WHY YOU WANT TO NOT USE ING VERBS AND "IF I WERE A FISH" IS THE BEST SONG EVER
Building Wealth Without Making Your Bed?
Random Life Advice: Let’s Look At Each Other
It's about waking up in the morning happy
Someone called me a vacuum cleaner this week. I'll take it.
I'm Okay With Not Being Beautiful
A Simple Trick to Write Better: Get Rid of the Nods
Arthur Brooks and Finding Happiness is About Finding Purpose
Dive Into The Conflict and Make Your Book Blurb Sing
There is so little time to love
Baby Bears are the New Bison and How to Write a Book Blurb (fiction style) Steps 2-4
A Ghost Story About My Grandparents and Me and a Haunted Recipe
How to Make Your Book Blurb and Trippy Art About Dragon Intimacy How to Make a Shart Tantalizing?
Leaning Into Obsessions Can Maybe Change Your Life
Tell Me Lies, Tell Me Sweet Little Lies: Character Misbelief is Hot When You Write Novels
I am a horrible runner, but I am a great cheerleader
Happily Ever After or Happy For Now
Our Neighbors Had a Party & Hanging Out in the Army Hospital
Make Your Books Like Wedgies and Commitment is Not a Dirty Word or Is It?
Neither of Us are Lookers, Seventh Grade Insults and Character Misbeliefs
Embodying Joy at 95 Every Damn Saturday Night
YOUR BIG LIE OR CHARACTER’S MISBELIEF
He Survived the Lobster Boat Capsizing Friday
Could Be Something. Could Be Nothing
MUSHROOM MY STROGANOFF, PLEASE
Remembering Two Older Heroes on September 11
How a Simple Morning Habit Can Help You Figure Stuff Out
Are We Responsible for Our Kids' Success?
Reminding Yourself You're What You Are
Walking in the downpour and hoping we don't slip
How to Keep Your Readers Reading
Taking Chances like Gunnar Hansen
The Cat May Have Peed On the Counter
Revising is Sexy and So Is Improving Your Story
Want to hook the reader into your story?
Why I stayed out until 1 last night dancing
Navigating Liminal Spaces: A Journey from Perceptual Boundaries to Empowered Perception
Quieting the hiss of what's missing
Wait. We aren't in a moral decline?
We Don't Have to Get Torn Apart
THEN and THAN and what the what?
If he postures like a gorilla? It's probably not a good sign
Koko & Tongue in the Windowsill
Keeping Your Reader’s Attention Is About More Than Your Novel’s Beginning
How to Keep Your Readers Reading
The Man Who Called Me Miss America
Write Your Way Up; Sometimes Grudges are Ways We Stay Sane
Tips on Riding a Mechanical Bull
Finding Hope Even in Your Writing
Ah, Being Knocked Off The Sidewalk
Don’t Fart on Your Readers Or Other People, Writers
The Two Main Keys to Hooking Your Readers: Curiosity and Care
From Zombies to Superman: Why I Love My Husband
SIX QUICK HINTS ABOUT HOW TO KEEP YOUR READERS READING
Life Lessons When A Random Car Parks in Your Driveway and a Beagle Runs Into Traffic
Carrie and the Campaign Pot House
WOULD AN AI DETECTOR THINK YOUR WRITING IS HUMAN?
Lost Cats and Friends, Car Accidents, and Adventure Golf
What the Hell is a Copyeditor?
All Body and No Beak: Should You Leave Social Media?
The Power of Immersion: You Can Connect with Readers Without Being John Green
Family Wanted. Please Feel Free to Apply
When to Add a Point of View Character in Your Novel
For texture or for worse: Americans are weird about food
Pogie the Puppy (not officially)
Fear the Dog? Embrace the Fear
Writing is About Facing Out and Facing In
Four Types of Energy You Can Manage to Live Life Better
Pogie the Very Excited Puppy and Stouffers
How To Think About Chapter Transitions?
Lambs and Community Theater and Resilience
How Do You Begin and End a Chapter?
Living Happy Happens Piece By Piece
The Role and Length of a Chapter
Don’t Let Your Farts or Your Ego Get In Your Way
My Mom And Hugging Away The Judgement
KEEPING IT SEXY – WRITING TRANSITIONS
Let's talk scene and sequel and story pacing
Crawling Through The White House Fence And Let’s Get Stoic
Writing In The Tension Into Your Story Interview with Author Mark Del Franco
It's About Not Giving Up, Not Giving In
I May Sound Like Marcel the Shell, But I'm Getting More Resilient, Damn It
Stop Talking Smack to Yourself and Have You Heard About Peeps?
Ah, Ahh, Aah, Awe, Aw, or Ah Is That Underwear
Sparty Outside, Chilling and Looking Good
When Your Cousin Dies On Easter
Why Use Writing Prompts and Free Write?
What Makes Me More Mentally Healthy
Everything I've Posted Here All Organized
Smart Phone Compulsion and People Used To Spit On My Dad When He Was Little
How To Create Tension In Your Novel
Cloud on the Couch Wanting Cat Nip
Make Your Story Tense, Plus Editor Andrew Karre
How to Become More Awesome in Just 30 Minutes a Day
Sparty & Pogie on the Love Seat
The Power of Silence In Writing
How Do You Fill the Void? And My Dog Doesn’t Love Me.
The Tension Interview with Steven Wedel, He Who Writes Erotic Werewolf Novels and So Much More
How Weird Are You and Does Your Family Appreciate That?
Naughty License Plates and How To Sleep Like a Boss
Morning Pages: What are they? Do they really change your life?
What Happens When We Get Scared?
Does Your Form Match Your Function?
How To Talk To Your Cat About Gun Safety And Other Ridiculous Books
Being Kind Helped Her Lose Weight
Zombie Hamsters and Action Scenes
A Big Ego is the Enemy of All of Us
Be Brave Friday — Art is a Belief in Life
Don't Make Your Readers Bad Swoon
Darwin Awards and Plan Your Day Like a Boss
How DO You Actually Manage Your Time?
How Do You Actually Manage Your Time
Ideas aren't the sexy gods we think they are. Gasp!
90 Day Goals Can Change Your Life
The Power and Magic of Weirdness
Why Do We Think There's Only One Way
Being Insecure Sometimes Is Okay
Showing Character's Interior Lives
ANIMAL MATING RITUALS ARE WEIRD AND APPARENTLY LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED IS REALLY A LOT OF BS
Waking up at 5 a.m. when I'm a night owl
About This Particular Woman's Anger
Showing Your Character's Emotions
It's All About The Links, Bout The Links, No Filler
Finding Happiness and My Little Hobbit Dad
Fried Chicken Incense, Farts, and Not Letting Your Worries Master You
Being Quiet Isn't the Same As Being Timid
Putting Mood and Atmosphere in Your Fiction
Don’t Drink 40 Shots With The Undertaker. The Voices In Your Head Craft Your Success
Looking for a good time? It’s better in groups.
Pogie and Marsie on the Dog Bed
The Butter Canal And Finding Your Personal Values
Editors Aren't Your Enemy, Writers
Herd Mentality and Us: The Blending In
Let's set the mood, part two: getting atmosphere in your story
Losing Your Junk and Swimming in the Pool of Commoners
Don't Be Boring: Show Me, Don't Tell It To Me
Defining Success And Who You are On Your Own Terms
Cloud the Cat Explores a Gift Bag
Please Don’t Fart On Me: Making Systems For Success