While I mulled over what to write for this last installment of my series on the 7 Deadly Fears of Writing, Naomi Dunford posted a sentence that made me think. She said, “People are inherently lazy and they don’t want to do their own research.” This made me wonder; is the seventh deadly fear of [...]

Over the holidays, my roommate and I were invited to my parents’ house for a Christmas party. We were the youngest people there; all the other guests were seniors. Now, some might think the night would have been a boring experience. Let me tell you, today’s seniors are some of the most active and interesting [...]

What do you mean you only have one book in you? You’ve got to be kidding me! Jurgen Wolff, author of Your Writing Coach, mentions The 7 Deadly Fears Of Writing. One of those fears belongs to writers who are afraid their first book will be their only work of genius. Many writers pull themselves [...]

Several months ago, I wrote about courage in writing. One of our writers revealed a painful moment of past in an article. She didn’t do this for sympathy; she did it because her history and experience was relevant to the topic. She believed it might serve to help other people looking for answers.As writers, we [...]

Writing this series on the 7 Deadly Fears of Writing is forcing me to take a hard look at myself. It’s a little uncomfortable at times. I wonder if I’m really as difficult to work with as I think. (No comments from you, Mr. Chartrand, thank you very much.) I understood the first two fears [...]

I’m waxing philosophical tonight. Maybe it’s because of the rain that has been coming down all day; rainy days in the desert have that effect on me. I’ve been thinking for a few days on inadequacy. I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s an illusion, much like many other restrictions we place on ourselves. Inadequacy [...]

While I was sitting at my desk thinking about what I would write on rejection, lo and behold, a client sent me an email and rejected my work (asked for a revision is the PC term). I admit that I wasn’t too thrilled with the design I had sent him. It wasn’t bad…but it wasn’t [...]

There is nothing quite like a Sunday afternoon with nothing to do but enjoy a little guilt-free time. The fridge is full and doesn’t echo, the pile of laundry is soundly beaten into submission and banished from sight, and I’m all caught up on work. I picked up a book by Jurgen Wolff called Your [...]