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2012
January
13 Revising a Novel – How to get Un-Stuck
10 Finding the Time and Intention to Write
4 The Hardest Thing About Writing

2011

October
16 How I Changed My Life, In Four Lines – by Leo Babauta
14 Slow Down, Focus, be Disciplined, and Write
September
27 You Can Do Five Minutes
24 Doing Less to do More
24 Almost There
23 Trying to Ease Into Change
23 Finding Focus
August
21 In Honor of James Morris
April
11 Pat Conroy’s Writing Method
8 Indy Versus Traditional Publishing
7 Fighting Structure and Losing Badly
5 How a Trip to the Dentist Can Inform Your Writing
4 Sunshine and Writing
1 Run to the Finish
March
31 One Small Step to Get Started
1 Distraction – The Enemy of the Writer

2010

December
2 One word to sum up my writing life in 2010: Transition
November
9 Writer Review: John Blandly
September
2 Editing a Novel in Five Steps
August
30 New Freelance Story in Print and Online
June
22 Drop Your “Vision of Perfection” and Write to Completion
17 The Naming of Things
16 The Serendipity of the Moment: A Writing Lesson from Elizabeth George
15 Changing Tack
February
23 Book Review and Author Interview: ‘After The Workshop’ by John McNally
11 There is no plan B
5 When Your Novel Gets Stuck – Consider Writing a Short-Story
January
28 How Much Structure Does a Writer Need?
26 Writing While Not Writing
7 Writing Frees You

2009

November
27 Should You Apply for an MFA Program in Creative Writing?
21 How to Begin a Story With the Technique Stephenie Meyer Used to Write Her Twilight Vampire Novels
13 How to Write original Content in Articles and Blogs
October
28 Establishing a Successful Freelance Writing Practice in Five Steps
27 Writing 101 – Start With the End in Mind (Write to Educate, Entertain, or Preferably Both)
21 Writing 101: 5 Steps to Write a Troublesome or Difficult Scene
19 Find a Process for Your Writing and Trust the Process
16 How to Tame an Out-Of-Control Writing Project in 20 Steps
15 What Draws Us To Write?
12 Writing 101 – How Much is that FREE Cat Tower? …. or, Why People Write
10 Beat Writing Procrastination With Five Good Minutes or One Good Sentence
8 Does Genre Fiction Need a Strong Plot?
5 Commitment
July
1 What Cole Writing Promises