Friday, January 21, 2011

Getting Out of the Zero-Word Zone

January is often a month when you vow to change your life or reach toward a new goal. How’s that going for you? I’m finding it hard to buckle down and get writing. I’ve just finished revisions on one book, and, while I’m collecting critiques on that one, I’m toying with moving on to another. But I haven’t. I even have a good plan in mind. So what’s stopping me?

I’m getting pretty good at thinking up excuses. First it was the report cards I had to write for my day job. Then there was the new blog feature I started (ABC’s of Writing for Middle Graders over at That's Another Story). And a family weekend we took. Catching up after the family weekend. Critiques I owe. And then…well, you know how it is. Excuses are easy to dream up. What’s not easy, it seems is getting back to a regular writing routine.

What’s your best excuse for not writing? 'Cause I’m getting tapped out. I guess tomorrow I’ll actually have to do it. Just pick a place and start. Even a few words is better than zero.

-- Andrea

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Check out this funny video

Happy New Year!

All of us at MiG Writers have been very busy. We promise to get back to our regular blogging posts soon. In the mean time, check out this funny and very clever video children's author Dee Garretson made. Make sure you check out her awesome books too, Wildfire Run (available now) and Wolf Storm (due out this fall).


http://deegarretson.wordpress.com/a-writers-day-video/

~Carmella