Tag Archives: resistance

The Starting Barrier

Getting started can be the hardest thing on a writing day. Here are two solutions, one short term, one long term. Continue reading

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Tapping and Setting Up that First Amazon Ad

Yesterday, I set up my first two Amazon ads ever. It was surprisingly easy, once I got the advertising interface to work – it was an Amazon glitch, so I don’t expect you to run into that problem. I followed … Continue reading

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How to Indent and Add a Page Break for a Clean Manuscript

Last week, I talked about the importance of a clean manuscript, and why it’s a business asset. Today, I’m sharing the first hands-on video of three. I’ll show you how to use the paragraph settings of your word processing program, … Continue reading

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Why Authors have Superpowers

That’s big, isn’t it? It’s stuff for superheroes, right? But what if you and me could save the world, making it better one little step at a time? Maybe by simple things: Being kind and caring. Lending a hand. Being … Continue reading

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Why you should get Time-Outs

As you probably noticed, I took time out in the last two weeks. I visited family and friends, went on hikes, enjoyed nature, new views, interesting food and lots of conversations. And I renewed my mind, body and soul. Truth … Continue reading

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Why?

I mean, why do we do these things? And I’m not talking about the day job, housework, cleaning, taking out the trash or doing taxes. No, I mean, why do we do these writing things? Creative things? Of course, the … Continue reading

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Growing Pains

We all know the growing pains kids feel when their bones grow. But there’s a different kind of growing pain that has to do with personal growth. Personal growth very basically means learning stuff and doing stuff that’s new. And … Continue reading

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Permission for EFT to Work

If you’ve watched all those videos from the last few weeks, I really hope you’re trying out EFT tapping and throwing it at any little trouble life is giving you. Chances are, however, that it’s not working all the time. … Continue reading

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Procrastination – Final Thoughts

I hope that with this series I’ve been able to show you that it’s negative emotions that underly most instances of procrastination. That’s how we try to protect ourselves from bad stuff – which in most cases isn’t even true. … Continue reading

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Writers’ Block – Entanglement

Entanglements are some of the strangest effects within family system dynamics. They happen when a family member’s fate is not recognized and honored by the other family members. That fate is often tragic or traumatic – because only strong emotions … Continue reading

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