"I need to be working on my novel! But I don't have the time/mental clarity/emotional energy/anything close to ideal conditions to draft a chapter. But I need to work on my novel! Aaaaaagh. What do I do?" Does this sound like the inside of your head? Because sometimes (heh, ok, more than sometimes) it's a [...]
Tag: writing
How to Write With Yourself, Not Against Yourself
I was recently sitting around a table with a bunch of writers, discussing how we write. "I get up at 5am every morning and write for two hours," said a guy who has been working on his sprawling family epic novel for eight years. We all sat back and looked at him, jaws hanging open. [...]
That time I tried to make an author website
You know that thing where you think you have all the time in the world for something and then it needs to happen OMGNOW? That's what happened with this website. For the past few years I've been blissfully coasting along, thinking I don't need an author website, and then all of a sudden I have [...]
Anna Hecker, Author 