My Month of Writing, Derailed

The month of September has been a big writing month for me. Or at least it was supposed to be. I had the plan to work on a new manuscript a little every day this month. I was making decent progress, too. But then disaster struck. One day (the 13th, it so happened), I pluggedContinue reading “My Month of Writing, Derailed”

30 Days of Writing

I’ve been kicking around a new book idea for the past 2 years or so. As with most such ideas, it began as something very basic and abstract. More of a morsel than a full meal. But something that with enough thought could be more. This particular idea needed not only fleshing out, but time.Continue reading “30 Days of Writing”

Five Ways to Battle Writer’s Block

Whether I’m working on a book, a blog post, a sermon, or an article for work, writer’s block is inevitable: I sit down to write something, staring at a blank page, and feeling like there’s nothing. No ideas, no energy, nothing. It happens to every writer. For some it’s a near-constant affliction. Others have comeContinue reading “Five Ways to Battle Writer’s Block”