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How to Write Two Books This Year And Still Have Time to Spare
Stephen King once said to “read and write four to six hours a day” to become a good writer. That’s ridiculous. Most of us work full time and have a hundred other responsibilities from our…
Make the Most of Procrastination
There’s a novel waiting for you — a novel that requires your unique experiences, voice, and skill to write. If only you knew exactly what it was. Often, a writer’s only hope is to approach a book…
How LEGOs Shaped My Career
How LEGOs Shaped My Career I wouldn’t have a Software Engineering internship right now without the skills and lessons I learned playing with LEGOs. I doubt I would have 62,000 followers on my author Instagram either.…
Write a Hook That Captivates
Write a Hook That Captivates I am proud to announce that my first book has now been rejected by over 20 agents, none of which asked to read beyond the first chapter. The most recent…
Your 3 Minute Guide to NaNoWriMo
Only a Fool NaNoWriMo is short for National Novel Writing Month — an event where writers all over the world attempt to do what professionals generally take months, years, and even decades to accomplish: write a novel. The…
You’re Focusing Too Much On Author Platform
My Instagram account reached 50k followers a few weeks ago. Was it worth the time and effort? In some ways, no. Any aspiring author these days knows that having a platform is no longer optional.…
How to be a Full Time Non-Writer
It’s been your dream to be a non-writer ever since you were a little girl reading during the long summer days at your grandmother’s farm. You remember basking in wonder at the new worlds you…
How to Write When You Don’t Feel Like it
I don’t feel like writing. And yet here I am, typing away at an advice article on how to push through those days where literally anything sounds better than staring at a screen with vacant…
Your 3 Minute Guide to Being Productive This Year
In 2018, I wrote well over 100k words in drafts of my novel, maintained a 4.0 during my junior year of college studying computer science, worked part-time, grew my Instagram account by 13k followers, and…