Author Archive for: Hillary

How to Get Unblocked

The work of becoming a prolific writer – someone who writes easily and quickly, and has fun while doing it – is the work of managing your moment-by-moment experience of your writing. Writing is one of those activities that looks easy, but really isn’t. Besides the basic intellectual challenge, writing is also an act of self-exposure, and often to critical or harsh audiences.

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Online writing is tricky…

…because it can be simultaneously intimate and public. For that reason,…

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ONLINE WORKSHOP (All writers welcome!): The Seven Secrets of the Prolific

Secrets of the Prolific: How to Boost Your Writing Productivity and Overcome…

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The Key Insight: Joyce Carol Oates and Catullus on Writing Productivity

Some writers seem to have been born with an understanding of how to be productive….

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Procrastination, Perfectionism and Addiction

“This is all a giant procrastination and you must deal with it. You must.”…

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Links: How to Live to 100

Great Expectations: Today’s Babies are Likely to Live to 100, Doctors…

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On Turning 51, Optimistically

So this month I turn 51. (I thought it was 50, but my helpful sisters reminded…

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A Writer Without A Publisher Is Like A Fish Without a Bicycle: Writer’s Liberation and You

An excellent essay by bestselling author Jennifer Crusie on why publishing shouldn’t…

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Authenticity Catalyzes Productivity!

The response to last month’s “confessional” newsletter was…

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Speed as an Antidote to Writer's Block

Greed may not be good, but speed sure is. It was only when I got into this line…

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Links: J.K. Rowling, Alice Sebold and more

From Sept. 09 Newsletter – sign up at left. Living With the Dead A haunting…

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A Confession

(from Sept 09 Newsletter – sign up at left) Dear Friends, I have a confession…

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The Marvelous Mentor Mindset and How It Can Help You Succeed

How important are mentors? Let’s just say that everyone I’ve ever…

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Interview with Richard Stallman

My friend Richard Stallman is the founder of the free software movement . His…

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Vagueness Opens the Door for Procrastination

This article reports on a German study in which 2 groups of students were asked…

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