Some things take time to mature. — Oh, the wonderful writing routine. We should all have one. Some are better than others. Some get brushed under the rug and forgotten forever. For me, I like to brush things under the rug and watch Real Housewives instead. That kind of writing routine doesn’t get my book written. …

A poem. — My father and I are not close But I am too much like him to not be The parts of him I hate Show up everyday inside me I wonder who I’ve become When I wasn’t raised by him I only lived in his world Been made to live by…

3 things to help you get started. — It may not be the actual writing that you struggle with, it may be just starting the engine. You won't go anywhere if you don't have the keys, if there's no gas in the car, if you're too scared to get behind the wheel. Plan your trip accordingly and make…

And I can’t tell you how to become a millionaire. — But I do know that I have had this yearning to write ever since I was a child. It does not go away. It’s like a craving that I have. I can feel that I need something, I have to have it. I quit smoking ten years ago, so I…

Can you keep going when someone is holding you down? — My husband wants to fight with me. He starts an argument and it lasts for hours into the night. I get four hours of sleep and then wake up at six in the morning to write. He wakes up and tries to start a fight again. I’m mentally exhausted. I’m…

Maybe just enough to write. — I daydream instead of writing. It gets me in trouble, I don’t get a lot of writing done, but I do have a vivid imagination. I could daydream all day. The problem is I lack focus. Does that make me just a daydreamer or a writer? I can be obsessed…

Give it a rest so the creative juices can flow at maximum capacity. — Do you ever get that feeling that you just can’t anymore? No more thinking. You are done for the day! But you have that lengthy article to write and you haven’t even started on your daily word count for your novel so you can’t stop now. What are you to…

Take the fear out of writing and create your Art. — I’m a fraud. I’m no good at this writing thing. I’ll never be that writer. It’s so easy to think, why should I even bother writing, there are so many better writers than me, why should I put myself out there. Why should I embarrass myself? Why should I even…

My take on writer’s block. — I got it. Right now. I’ve got writer’s block. Even though I don’t believe in it. Because I really do have a lot to say. I’m just extremely tired, I want to take a nap, I don’t want to write right now. But that’s not writer’s block. So I’m forcing…