by Mike Buckley A few years ago, a student of mine asked me to read a novel that she had just finished. I agreed. What I knew about my student at the time (Deidre is her name) was that she was a librarian who specialized in collections from the late eighteen hundreds. She struck me […]
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Guest Post by Josh Vogt: Walk it Off! – Getting Blood Flow to Your Writing Brain
We’ve all been there, staring at a page, thoughts tying themselves in knots as we try to figure out what comes next in the story—or how to even start it in the first place. When it comes to making progress in our writing, we often hear the adage, “Apply butt to chair and just write.†[…]
Back to Basics, Part 6 – The Lopside of Your Brain
This is Part 5 in a series of posts chronicling the journey of one writer from self-defeat and creative paralysis back to a love of writing and productivity, heavily inspired by Ray Bradbury’s excellent Zen in the Art of Writing. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 I […]
Back to Basics, Part 5 – Hidden in the Nouns, Lost in the Lists
This is Part 5 in a series of posts chronicling the journey of one writer from self-defeat and creative paralysis back to a love of writing and productivity, heavily inspired by Ray Bradbury’s excellent Zen in the Art of Writing. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 “I finally figured out […]
Back to Basics, Part 4 – Space Travel, Sideshows, and Gorillas
This is Part 4 in a series of posts chronicling the journey of one writer from self-defeat and creative paralysis back to a love of writing and productivity, heavily inspired by Ray Bradbury’s excellent Zen in the Art of Writing. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 “I went back to collecting Buck Rogers. […]
Back to Basics, Part 3 – Looking to Your Zest, Seeing to Your Gusto
This is Part 3 in a series of posts chronicling the journey of one writer from self-defeat and creative paralysis back to a love of writing and productivity, heavily inspired by Ray Bradbury’s excellent Zen in the Art of Writing. Part 1 | Part 2 “If you are writing without zest, without gusto, without love, […]
Back to Basics, Part 2 – Your Pinch of Arsenic
This is Part 2 in a series of posts chronicling the journey of one writer from self-defeat and creative paralysis back to a love of writing and productivity, heavily inspired by Ray Bradbury’s excellent Zen in the Art of Writing. You can read Part 1 here.  “I have learned, on my journeys, that if I […]
Back to Basics, Part 1 – What Would Ray Do?
There comes a time in the life of a writer when the keyboard is made of lava and every keystroke burns. There may be a thousand reasons for this—it might be the rejection that broke the camel’s back, or an all-consuming project that sapped the author’s mojo longer than could be sustained. It might be […]
Happy New Year from the Inkpunks!
To help us all get 2015 started off right, the 2015 Tools for Writers workbook is now available. This year’s includes the ever-popular Word Count Tracker (with an updated color scheme and inspirational quotes!), the Career Bingo card, and Stories tracker. Please feel free to save a copy of the workbook for yourself, modify and […]
To Retweet or Not to Retweet: On Rebroadcasting Praise
Today we’re happy to welcome back guest blogger James Sutter with some thoughts on social media. Thanks for your contribution, James! Here’s the scene: You’re fiddling around on your smartphone, maybe killing time in line at the grocery store, when suddenly—ding!—there’s a new message on your Twitter. Somebody liked your book! Not only did they […]
