Debbie Brown
Amethyst Eyes , RebirthJune 3, 2017
Stay On Track With Your Goals
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Have you ever begun a new year bursting with energy and motivation to achieve your goals, only to lose momentum after a month or two? Maybe you found yourself skipping your scheduled…
Finding Your Time to Write
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Whenever writers list their goals, they’re likely to include, “Write more often,” “Write every day,” or “Schedule more time for writing.” Unless we actually put in the time, we won’t achieve the…
Simple Goals that Lead to Writing Success
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > When it comes to writing goals, we need not always think in lofty terms. Along with big goals such as “write a 70,000-word novel” or “complete five magazine submissions each week,” we…
A SMART Approach For Setting Goals
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > A new year is coming—a fresh chance to jumpstart your writing. This series on goal setting for writers started last week when we covered Step One: Set your goals. Common categories of…
Making Goals In Uncertain Times
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > With publishing still adjusting to the results of a pandemic, there has never been a more important time to recognize that goal setting is all about planning for things you have the…
Set Goals for a Successful Writing Year
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > The title of a popular self-help book warns readers If You Don’t Know Where You’re Going, You’ll Probably End Up Somewhere Else. In the book, author Donald P. Campbell, an expert in…
228: NaNoWriMo Success: You’re This Close
228: NaNoWriMo Success: You’re This Close
November 27, 2020
NaNoWriMo: The Home Stretch
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Hello NaNoWriMo-ers! You are word writing warriors. The end is in sight. Don’t slow down now. It’s almost over. By the end of today, you should have 40,008 words done on your…
Finding Markets in Difficult Times
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > As with virtually every industry, publishing has faced new challenges during the pandemic, even though book sales have stayed strong (especially in children’s books). The issues aren’t with lack of sales, but…
226: NaNoWriMo Success – Get Past the Slump
226: NaNoWriMo Success – Get Past the Slump
November 13, 2020
NaNoWriMo: Plotting on the Fly
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Hello, NaNoWriMo-ers! By the end of today, your NaNoWriMo novel should be around 16,670 words. If it’s not, try and pick up some extra time this week so you don’t fall too…
225: NaNoWriMo Success – Digging In
225: NaNoWriMo Success – Digging In
November 6, 2020
NaNoWriMo: Out of the Gate, Getting Into the Zone
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Today is Tuesday, November 3rd and in the U.S.A, it’s also Election Day. But for NaNoWriMo participants, it’s the day their novel hits 5,001 words. NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month…
Writing in Difficult Times
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > During this month of exploring the topic of world building, it seems appropriate to talk about the world building we’ve all been doing in real life during this pandemic. Just as when…
The Enemies of Goal Keeping
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > How to win when your goals are under attack Goals are like your characters. They aren’t real until you write them down and bring them to life. Until then, they’re just dreams…
Relax! Ideas for People Who Don’t Know What to Do with Their Lives When Not Writing
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > I have a confession to make: my name is Chaunie and I’m a write-aholic. I have always been a woman who enjoys working and independence, but when I first stumbled upon freelance…
The Most Powerful Writing Tool
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > Do you know what it is? Words don’t spring from your mind onto the page or the computer monitor. At least not yet, though I’m sure some tech genius somewhere is working…
The End
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > As I type this, I’m minutes away from having finished my last pass of revisions on a novel. I sent it off to the editor. I know, of course, that I’m not…
The End
Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter We teach our students how to write and get published! View our Course Catalog > As I type this, I’m minutes away from having finished my last pass of revisions on a novel. I sent it off to the editor. I know, of course, that I’m not…
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