by Cathy Yardley | Writing Life
“Negativity is the enemy of creativity.” —David Lynch Everyone experiences negativity sometimes. We have niggling self-doubt, depressed thoughts, frustrations or anger about all kinds of things in our lives. The problem occurs when that little engine of negativity...
by Cathy Yardley | Writing Life
It’s super easy to start writing. New ideas are shiny and exciting. There are worlds to explore and characters to get to know. You may plot, plan, research, outline, and even write a big part of your books. Only to get distracted when the next shiny, exciting idea...
by Cathy Yardley | Writing Life
Probably the biggest complaint I hear from writers is that they “don’t have enough time” to write. This is usually followed, in the next breath, by listing all the things they’ve got going. All the social events, clubs, projects, volunteer activities, charity work,...
by Cathy Yardley | Writing Life
We live in a world that is full of the drive to do more, more, more. As writers, we suffer from this expectation maybe more than a lot of other people. We are expected to write more, blog more, market more, be visible on social media more. It is all Important, with...
by Cathy Yardley | Writing Life
Every year millions of people make New Year’s resolutions on January first. And by January thirty-first have completely forgotten what those resolutions were. I’ve been guilty of this. As the new year rings in, I create this “wish list” of things I want, only to...
by Cathy Yardley | Business, Writing Life
Note: this originally was run in my newsletter, but given the responses, I thought I’d post it here on the blog as well. Is writing full time a viable option? Around 80% of the people I work with have mentioned that, ideally,eventually, they want to be able to...
