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# Welcome to the Writer's Life

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## Posts

- [The Solution You Haven't Tried...Yet.](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/the-solution-you-havent-tried-yet/) - What could happen if you committed yourself to asking, and asking everyone, until you found what you were looking for?
- [What Happens When You Stop Hating Yourself](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/what-happens-when-you-stop-hating-yourself/) - When you start from a place of acceptance, you're more likely to find a way to stop disappointing yourself.
- [After Seeing Stephen Colbert Live...](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/stephen-colbert-live/) - I knew that attending a taping of Late Night with Stephen Colbert on Nov. 6 would be historic no matter how the election went. It wasn't the kind of historic I had hoped for. Colbert didn't pretend. He was gutted. Yet he said something that struck me deeply: he couldn't wait to get to work.
- [😱 She Put Her Failure in <i>The New York Times</i>. Would You?](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/adhd-finances/) - Remember when your parents told you to keep money talk private and never let anyone know if you're struggling? How will we all feel less alone in our struggles if no one is willing to talk about them? Take that, Mom. (Just kidding, my mother is lovely.) But you probably have a person in your life
- [🫂 Craving Human Connection?](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/🫂-craving-human-connection/) - Things are a little tense right now.I went to Must Love Memoir last night, a reading series in NYC, and in the opening, Krystal Marie Orwig said, “Now more than ever, real stories matter.” I couldn’t agree more. Stories crack open our understanding of those we'd usually walk past—the grocery clerk with a near-death experience, the quiet
- [The Scariest Thing? Regret.](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/regret/) - Recently, while at the Atlanta airport coming home after two weeks away, I was invited to a New York City rave. That night. I considered not going—wasn’t I too old for that? Who cares? I went for it. Landed. Grabbed a costume. Wound up having a blast. I almost let this story in my head about
- [😬 I Didn't Think I'd Ever Admit This](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/money-confessions/) - Recently, I was at FinCon, the personal finance conference where you might hear someone ask, “What’s your salary?” as often as you might hear, “How are you?” People talk about money here, and it’s vulnerable. I found myself being a bit more vulnerable and real this year, and I think it has everything to do
- [✅ 60 Ways to Actually Finish Your Writing](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/✅-60-ways-to-actually-finish-your-writing/) - Some projects seem to nevvvvveerrrrr end. I’ve spent the last year thinking about what actually gets it DONE. That’s how I came up with The 6 Mix to FINISH, a system to help you complete your projects so you can see them out in the world and make an impact. What makes this system so
- [Tired of Not Getting Your Writing Done?](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/tired-of-not-getting-your-writing-done/) - As writers, we all know the struggle of unfinished projects and elusive inspiration.
- [10 Office Supplies Every Writer Needs at Home](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/writers-gear/10-office-supplies-every-writer-needs-at-home/) - I don't know why it took me so long to realize I could buy things for my home that I'd only used in offices or school. Oh yeah, duh. You can set yourself up at home, if home is your office. And home is your office, even if you have a day job. You have
- [Why (And How) We Should Talk About Money](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/why-and-how-we-should-talk-about-money/) - Every month, I have a dinner party where we talk about the most forbidden of fruits as far as conversation topics go: money. We eat a homemade, collective meal while we discuss how our money went that month, and then we bust out our laptops. Every month, we calculate our net worth, which is just
- [All the Tools I Use To Run My Freelance Writing Business in 2019](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/all-the-tools-i-use-for-my-freelance-writing-business-in-2019/) - I bartered with another business owner to help her design her systems, and we were deciding which electronic signing service to go with. It took us two hours. We still didn't find one. Scoping tools is hard, because the pricing often doesn't line up in an apples-to-apples way, you're not sure what capabilities you need
- [Organizing Your Writing Life In a World of Chaos](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/organizing-your-writing-life-in-a-world-of-chaos/) - If you're able to focus on organization right now, here are some projects that could serve you for the rest of your writing life.
- [How to Stuff As Much Meaning in Your Verbs As Possible](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/simile-stuffed-verbs/) - How to relay an entire simile with a verb packed with meaning.
- [The Luxuries of Freelance Writing Life](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/the-luxurious-life-of-freelance-writers/) - My favorite music genre being Sad Guy With A Guitar And a Story To Tell, my favorite band is naturally Bon Iver. They're coming to play at The Gorge, my favorite venue, and so I must go. What Bon Iver sounds like + what the Gorge feels like = ALL THE FEELINGS I WANT TO
- [Bria, How Did You Save Up To Write For A Year?](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/bria-how-did-you-save-up-to-write-for-a-year/) - On the latest episode of my podcast, I get to talk with my coaching student, Bria, about how she saved up to take a year off to write. While she usually lives 2 hours outside of Boston, she was visiting Seattle, a place she's considering moving back out to. She has a blog with the
- [My Favorite Writers' Favorite Books: John Hodgman](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/uncategorized/my-favorite-writers-favorite-books-john-hodgman/) - Like Will Ferrell or Amy Sedaris, it seemed like John Hodgman was creating a new kind of humor. We had no idea what he was going to do next, but you had to watch him, specifically, or you wouldn't see it. My friends and I used to flip through his book, The Areas of My
- [My Favorite Writers' Favorite Books: Anthony Bourdain](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/my-favorite-writers-favorite-books/) - Before my trip to South America, I looked for places he’d been. I had 24 hours in Cali in Colombia, and he’d gone there, had dinner with some local musicians. When they showed the outside, I paused the show and googled the name: Sevicheria Guapi. A month later I was there. The owner came out
- [10 Beach Reads](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/10-beach-reads/) - "In my mind, a beach read is something that’s “unputdownable,” whatever that means to you," says Susan Kehoe, managing partner of Browseabout Books. When the New York Times asked booksellers all over the nation what beach reads they recommended, they suggested these 10 books: Paris in the Present Tense by Mark Helprin Publisher's description: Mark
- [Read This to Learn That: Nature Writing](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/read-this-to-learn-that-environmental-writing/) - I've only once fallen in love with a piece of land, and I've been trying to write about it for a decade. When I bought a horse in Paraguay, I would take it out in the fields: In front of me the grasses swayed silent. Pinkish light domed the horizon. Tiny wildflowers, just pixels on
- [My Favorite Writers' Favorite Books: Roxane Gay](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/my-favorite-writers-favorite-books-roxane-gay/) - Roxane Gay was sitting outside Hugo House one night when I went to a reading. My friend Jessica and I chatted with her about student loan debt. When we said good-bye and walked inside, my friend squeezed my arm in a very non-Seattle way and squealed, "Roxane Gay!" Since then, she's only gotten fancier. She's
- [Read This to Learn That: Free Indirect Discourse in "A Changed Man"](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/uncategorized/read-this-to-learn-that-free-indirect-discourse-in-a-changed-man/) - There's a style of third-person in fiction that frees up your narrator to let the characters indirectly share their thoughts, without all the clunkiness of “she thought” or “he imagined.” It's called "free indirect discourse," though the name of this one makes it sound more complicated than it really is. Using free indirect discourse, a
- [Show Your Work: How I Finally Got Published in McSweeney's](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/show-your-work-how-i-finally-got-published-in-mcsweeneys/) - Here’s how I got into McSweeney’s: 1. I submitted about 10 pieces over the last 10 years. 2. I joined a group of comedy writers and saw other people getting acceptances. 3. I decided to try again. I read craft books like How to Write Funny to get better at humor and read some of The
- [The 10 Greatest Books of All Time](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/the-10-greatest-books-of-all-time/) - Have you ever wondered what the best books ever are? I found out! There's a whole website dedicated to it, TheGreatestBooks.org. They took more than 100 best book lists, weighted them by how trustworthy they were, and used an algorithm to break it down. So this is serious business. And these are serious books. You
- [10 Books of Poetry for People Who Aren't "Poetry People"](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/10-books-of-poetry-for-people-who-arent-poetry-people/) - When you think of poetry, you probably think of the things that come up when I looked for stock images for "poetry." Feather quills. Roses. Soft focus dreamscapes. I like poetry that's more like this image above, where you're just kind of like, "Huh, did not expect that, but it's fun to look at." I
- [I Don't Want to Be Frugal, But I Want to Be a Writer](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/i-dont-want-to-be-frugal-but-i-want-to-be-a-writer/) - It's spending season. The sun shines upon Seattlites at University Village as I run to the Amazon book store, because it's the only place to return the clothes I bought on Amazon. The next thing I need to order is a tazer to taze myself every time I even think about ordering clothes on Amazon.
- [Your Writing Career Will Not Survive on "Please"](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/your-writing-career-will-not-survive-on-please/) - We stood on a closed-off street at a music festival, near midnight, third or fourth beers in hand, when the musicians on stage stopped in between songs to say, "Thanks for coming. Please go to our website, double-u, double-u, double-u, dot our band's name dot com. We'd really appreciate it." Having studied marketing over the
- [Everything I Know About Marketing I Definitely Did NOT Learn from AWP](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/everything-i-know-about-marketing-i-definitely-did-not-learn-from-awp/) - “Yes!” said a young woman at the AWP conference for writers, rounding the corner to my all-the-way-in-the-back-corner booth. “This is where those stickers are coming from!” It was the last day of the conference, and I already felt some shift was happening. I had 250 new people on my mailing list, had sold most of
- [You're (Probably) Undercharging. Now is the Time to Change That](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/money/youre-probably-undercharging-heres-what-to-do/) - Why should you raise your fees? Let me count the ways.
- [Book Recommendation: The Future is Feminist](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/books-and-tools/book-recommendation-the-future-is-feminist/) - Who gets to tell the story has an immense effect on what story gets told. In this stunningly designed book, which I was so lucky to be invited to be a part of, women such as Roxane Gay and Caitlin Moran discuss the importance of telling your own story. I sat down on a Sunday
- [10 Books That Have Legit Changed My Life](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/10-books-that-have-legit-changed-my-life/) - Here are 10 books that have shaped who I am today: Guantanamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi An unprecedented international publishing event: the first and only diary written by a still-imprisoned Guantánamo Bay detainee. There’s a lot to be learned about the U.S. from the eyes of the people it’s imprisoned. When I first read
- [How to Finally Finish Your NonFiction Book](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/how-to-finally-finish-your-non-fiction-book/) - I feel so lucky to have been included in this story in The New York Times about how to finally finish your non-fiction book. Of course, they could only use a fraction of my interview, but I have the whole thing for you if you're interested. See below! If you're busy and working a full-time job,
- [Tackle Writing Deadlines from Anywhere in the World](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/tackle-writing-deadlines-from-anywhere-in-the-world/) - After two years of working together in Zoom-land, I get to work in person, in Spanish plazas, with my developer, Rafa. Discover the game-changing tool that travels with me.
- [The Gift of Dreaming Big](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/the-gift-of-dreaming-big/) - Now is the perfect moment to unwrap the gift of boundless ambition.
- [It's Time to Get Recommendations](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/business/its-time-to-get-recommendations/) - I have an awkward ask...
- [Negativity Bias is Holding You Back](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/negativity-bias-is-holding-you-back/) - Did you mess up? Good!
- [Will AI Take Over Freelance Writing?](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/will-ai-take-over-freelance-writing/) - What does AI mean for the future of creative writing? I decided to ask it.
- [How I Finished My Novel ... 10 Years Later](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/how-i-finished-my-novel-10-years-later/) - Ten years of writing, re-starting and editing, and then it happened last week: I finally finished my novel’s Sh*tty First Draft™️.
- [The Best Thing I Read This Week](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/the-best-thing-i-read-this-week/) - I have a list of general questions I start with in most interviews, but often just let my curiosity lead me. This NYT opinion piece added so many more to my list.
- [What it Means to Connect at Every Level](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/what-it-means-to-connect-at-every-level/) - You can do what AI can't — build relationships!
- [Can Your Writing do These 3 Things?](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/can-your-writing-do-these-3-things/) - What we can learn from words that make us uncomfortable.
- [You're Missing Out on the Best Networking](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/youre-missing-out-on-the-best-networking/) - I call it crosshatch networking.
- [Writing on Vacation](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/writing-on-vacation/) - When I take any type of vacation, I try to leave all the “shoulds” of my writing life behind. Then the biggest question is, “Should I write at all on vacation?”
- [Pitch, Please!](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/pitch-please/) - Your writer senses tell you “Hey, this could be a story.” But wait! There are steps to getting your idea actually accepted.
- [I Hate Pitching (But I Want Fancy Bylines)](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/i-hate-pitching-but-i-want-fancy-bylines/) - If we want those fancy bylines, we have to get past the pitch.
- [How to Get Your Writing Joy Back](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/how-to-get-your-writing-joy-back/) - Take your writing life from striving to thriving with the ultimate life hack: remembering we're all going to die anyway.
- [Put the Spirit of Summer in Your Writing](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/put-the-spirit-of-summer-in-your-writing/) - How often do you write something just for the joy of writing?
- [What Does a Writers Trip to NYC Mean for My Wallet?](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/what-does-a-writers-trip-to-nyc-mean-for-my-wallet/) - I did the math. Here's a total breakdown of my business trip expenses.
- [Beat the Summer Writing Slump](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/beat-the-summer-writing-slump/) - We don't want to look back in the fall and think, "Bleh, I have to start all over again!" Inertia is a b-word.
- [Is Being a Writer Bad for Your Health?](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/is-being-a-writer-bad-for-your-health/) - Writing can be a solitary activity, so having a community of fellow writers to celebrate with and commiserate with has been incredibly rewarding.
- [Have You Ever Considered Writing Satire?](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/have-you-ever-considered-writing-satire/) - Writing parody and satire is so fun, so refreshing, I think more writers would do it if they felt permission.
- [Do You Know How to Drive This Tank?](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/do-you-know-how-to-drive-this-tank/) - It took me three attempts to learn to use Scrivener, what is now my favorite drafting software.
- [Why I Visit New York City Once a Year (Instead of Living There)](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/why-i-visit-new-york-city-once-a-year-instead-of-living-there/) - I highly respect the hustle, but it's not for me.
- [Die, Procrastination!](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/joy/die-procrastination/) - There is just something magical about starting your writing with a short mindfulness practice.
- [Facing the Beast](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/facing-the-beast/) - If you've taken time off from writing, it's never as simple as just sitting down to write. Here's how to get back in the seat and back to business.
- [Julia Cameron Taught Me to Pray](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/julia-cameron-taught-me-to-pray/) - In my spiritual life, an attempt at still openness has been central. I never prayed into that openness, until my conversation with Julia Cameron.
- [Belting "You Won't Break My Soul" as a Freelance Writer](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/belting-you-wont-break-my-soul-as-a-freelance-writer/) - If you work now as a freelance writer, or dream of working as a freelance writer, I implore you today to pump the volume to irresponsible, and blast Beyoncé’s Break My Soul.
- [Escaping Attack of the To Do List](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/escaping-attack-of-the-to-do-list/) - Overwhelmed by all your to do's? Calm yourself! Here's how to take a step back and figure out what's actually important.
- [For Writers Feeling Helpless in the Darkness](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/for-writers-feeling-helpless-in-the-darkness/) - What's the opposite of a terrorist? An artist.
- [How to Get a Free Writing Retreat (Or Almost Anything)](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/how-to-get-a-free-writing-retreat-or-almost-anything/) - If you’ve ever been a child, you know intuitively how to barter. Like early man, children have no money. They use what they do have to get what they want.
- [A Secret Weapon for Cutting Your Word Count](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/craft/a-secret-weapon-for-cutting-your-word-count/) - Writing, to me, has long been a practice of cutting. My darlings!
- [Tending the Fire of Your Writing Life](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/craft/tending-the-fire-of-your-writing-life/) - It felt like the days when I'd first fallen in love with writing. During a long morning stretch on a comfy chair with a coffee, I'd written out most of an essay and had a fun morning of novel writing. The fun part, especially, felt like a contrast to what had felt for months like
- [To Thrive as a Freelancer, Enter the Writing Matrix](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/business/to-thrive-as-a-freelancer-enter-the-writing-matrix/) - When you write for the love and as a way to support yourself, the question of why you write can get murky. Let's distill it.
- [The Ultimate Guide to Making New Year’s Resolutions During a Pandemic](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/the-ultimate-guide-to-making-new-years-resolutions-during-a-pandemic/) - Five million people have died. How will you now live?
- [Do You Know Your Writer Stats?](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/do-you-know-your-writer-stats/) - The joy in record-keeping is the ability to see your life and business more clearly.
- [How I Stopped Fighting About Cooking on Thanksgiving](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/how-i-stopped-fighting-about-cooking-on-thanksgiving/) - How do we write the story of our lives and our families?
- [How to Become a Writer Even If You're Broke](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/personal-finance/the-ultimate-guide-to-becoming-a-writer-if-youre-broke/) - The ultimate guide on how to get an education, network, and become a successful writer on a shoestring.
- [Why You Have a Shelf of Unread Books (and What to Do About It)](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/why-you-have-a-shelf-of-unread-books-and-what-to-do-about-it/) - Join us here in the Bookshelf Shame Club.
- [The Olympics, "Success," Suicide, and Self-Care](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/joy/the-olympics-success-suicide-and-self-care/) - Success and well-being are two entirely different things.
- [5 Things You Might Not Know About Thriving If You Grew Up Broke](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/5-things-you-might-not-know-about-thriving-if-you-grew-up-broke/) - Last week I went to LA, rented a convertible, and had a vacation during which I couldn’t shake a hum of anxiety. Would I make my 6 a.m. flight? I did, my bags set out by the door so I didn’t have to think at 4:30 a.m. Would I have enough money? I did, having
- [Health Insurance: This Country Will Leave You for Dead](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/health-insurance-this-country-will-leave-you-for-dead/) - The system is messy, confusing, unfair, and hard to deal with, but you need health insurance.
- [How to Find the Perfect Writing Coach for You](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/how-to-find-the-perfect-writing-coach-for-you/) - Shopping for a writing coach can be exhausting. Here's how to find the perfect one for you.
- [Overcome the Quarantine Slump in Your Writing with a Powerful New Story](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/joy/overcome-quarantine-slump-in-your-writing-with-a-powerful-new-story/) - What Is It You Plan to Do with Your One Wild and Precious Quarantine? You do not have to say “I should…” You do not have to pull on hard pants, nor any To sprawl in the you-shaped couch pit, app-hopping. You only have to let the ever-softer animal of your body Snack what it
- [3 Reasons I Write About Pain](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/3-reasons-i-write-about-pain/) - One day last year, I was nearly doubled over in emotional pain, feeling directionless, asking what I should even do with all this pain. A little voice in my head whispers, “Write, dummy.” And I remembered why I became a writer in the first place. When I was 10 years old, I had a moment
- [Craft Lessons from Sad Songs](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/craft-lessons-from-sad-songs/) - What is it about sad songs that makes us crave them? Do we want to be sadder? Are we trying to prolong the pain? Or, just maybe, is there a glint of healing in sharing someone else's sadness?
- [What I Learned Reading The Best Women's Travel Writing Slush Pile](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/craft/what-i-learned-reading-the-best-womens-travel-writing-slush-pile/) - Reading a slush pile can be your best education in how to write a particular genre.
- [The 5 Joys of Kickass Clients (Aside from the Money)](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/the-5-joys-of-kickass-clients-that-have-nothing-to-do-with-money/) - Sure, great clients pay well, but there are so many other reasons to work for getting them as well.
- [Don’t Let Your Feelings Go to Waste](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/dont-let-your-feelings-go-to-waste/) - Ever wish there was a writing resource where you could house emotions to draw from? Enter the Feelings File.
- [Gritty Travel, Persistence, and Writing Old Memories](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/gritty-travel-persistence-and-writing-old-memories/) - Read or watch my conversation with Pam Mandel, author of the travel memoir The Same River Twice.
- [The Art of Memoir](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/books-and-tools/the-art-of-memoir/) - by Mary Karr
- [A New Earth](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/books-and-tools/a-new-earth/) - by Eckhart Tolle
- [A Poetry Handbook](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/books-and-tools/a-poetry-handbook/) - by Mary Oliver
- [A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/books-and-tools/a-portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-man/) - by James Joyce
- [American Psycho](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/books-and-tools/american-psycho/) - by Bret Easton Ellis
- [Art & Fear](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/books-and-tools/art-and-fear/) - by David Bayles and Ted Orland
- [Bird by Bird](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/books-and-tools/bird-by-bird/) - by Anne Lamott
- [Bright Lights, Big City](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/books-and-tools/bright-lights-big-city/) - by Jay McInerney
- [Burning Down The House](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/books-and-tools/burning-down-the-house/) - by Charles Baxter
- [Catching the Big Fish](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/books-and-tools/catching-the-big-fish/) - by David Lynch
- [East of Eden](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/books-and-tools/east-of-eden/) - by John Steinbeck
- [Embers](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/books-and-tools/embers/) - by Sándor Márai
- [Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/books-and-tools/influence/) - by Sándor Márai
- [Letters to a Young Poet](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/books-and-tools/letters-to-a-young-poet/) - by Rainer Maria Rilke
- [Lolita](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/books-and-tools/lolita/) - by Vladimir Nabokov
- [Made to Stick](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/books-and-tools/made-to-stick/) - by Chip and Dan Heath
- [Middle Passage](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/books-and-tools/middle-passage/) - by Charles Johnson
- [Middlemarch](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/books-and-tools/middlemarch/) - by George Eliot
- [Mindset: The New Psychology of Success](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/books-and-tools/mindset/) - by Carol S. Dweck
- [Mindsharing](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/books-and-tools/mindsharing/) - by Lior Zoref
- [Reading Like a Writer](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/books-and-tools/reading-like-a-writer/) - by Francine Prose
- [Self-Help](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/books-and-tools/self-help/) - by Lorrie Moore
- [Story](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/books-and-tools/story/) - by Robert McKee
- [The $100 Startup](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/books-and-tools/the-100-dollar-startup/) - by Chris Guillebeau
- [The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/books-and-tools/the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-people/) - by Stephen R. Covey
- [The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/books-and-tools/the-adventures-of-huckleberry-finn/) - by Mark Twain
- [The Art of Asking](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/books-and-tools/the-art-of-asking/) - by Amanda Palmer
- [Mrs. Dalloway](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/books-and-tools/mrs-dalloway/) - by Virginia Woolf
- [Naming the World](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/books-and-tools/naming-the-world/) - by Bret Anthony Johnston
- [On Writing](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/books-and-tools/on-writing/) - by Stephen King
- [10 of The Best Books in First Person](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/10-of-the-best-books-written-in-first-person/) - First person can be a tricky road, but when it's done well, we are along for the ride, no questions asked. You've probably read a few first-person classics in school, such as The Great Gatsby, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and The Color Purple. Here are some books you might want to check out if you'd like to
- [20 Books I Think You’ll Like](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/20-books-i-think-youll-like/) - I picked out some books I thought you might like.
- [Focus, Productivity, and Community in One](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/uncategorized/focus-productivity-community-in-one-very-important-meeting/) - In the middle of my wallowing and feeling like crap when the Pandemic began, I took a dance class with Ryan Heffington, which zapped me back to life with a dose of perspective and joy. It was designated time to focus on one thing: moving my body and having fun (and a much-needed break from
- [5 Ideas to Cling to as Writer Living in a Pandemic](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/5-ideas-to-cling-to-as-writer-living-in-a-pandemic/) - "How's your humanity?" That's the question we focused on when I recently had the pleasure of joining Courtney Maum and Parneshia Jones in conversation as part of “Virtual AWP: The Evolution of a Writer: Before, During, and Hopefully After the Pandemic.” AWP brought us together to discuss how we’re managing The Writer’s Life during this
- [The People You Allow Inside Your Quarantine Will Change You](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/the-people-you-allow-inside-your-quarantine-will-change-you/) - Before I moved in with her, I knew Vicki Robin only as the local author of the personal-finance bestseller Your Money or Your Life, the matriarch of the financial independence community, and a 75-year-old woman who rented rooms in her home on Whidbey Island. When I needed a temporary place, she quoted me 1/3 of
- [Getting Back Up After A Creative Setback](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/getting-back-up-after-a-creative-setback/) - I was standing on a rock in a yard in Colombia, trying to find good reception. My friend, a novelist, was on the phone, and his words, spoken from 4,000 miles away, poured like lava through my skin. "It's just not ready," he said. "It's not where it needs to be." My book, Welcome to
- [Focus and Finish with the Crown of Concentration](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/focus-and-finish-with-the-crown-of-concentration/) - Here's a quick and fun way to get some more work done in close quarters with others.
- [Why Quarantine Is A Great Time for Writers to Pick Up Yoga](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/why-quarantine-is-a-great-time-for-writers-to-pick-up-yoga/) - Every Sunday, before I dive into my Morning Pages, I dive into downward-facing dog. I stretch myself into asanas, pushing my body up and out, channeling vitality that will power me long after class is done. As I close my practice, hands pressed together, I always feel thankful I made the time. Even in the
- [A Writer's Guide to Camping](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/a-writers-guide-to-camping/) - Listen, I'm a little bitch about my sleep. If I don't get my 7.5 hours, I morph into an emotional toddler. There I'll be, tearing up about the Capri Sun straw that won't go in and remember: oh yeah, no sleep. I hate being sweaty. Two years of 9-month stretches stewing in my own brine
- [A Hot Date with Some Lit Mag Submissions](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/a-hot-date-with-some-lit-mag-submissions/) - Spending an evening submitting is less like a day at work and more like a hot date, minus the sex and human connection. 🤷‍♀️
- [Now Might Be a Good Time for Those Semesters of Black Lit](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/now-might-be-a-good-time-for-those-blacklitsemesters/) - “White privilege is your history being taught as a core class and mine being taught as an elective.” - Ozy Aloziem Will reading black authors for a year solve racism once and for all? No, of course not. It will set a foundation for my knowledge, introduce me to more authors who will be my
- [How to Find the Right Lit Mag for You](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/craft/how-writers-can-break-into-the-world-of-lit-mags/) - Every writer should be reading both the best and the most accessible literary magazines. Here's how.
- [Buying Your Freedom to Be a Writer](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/buying-your-freedom-to-be-a-writer/) - I landed at the house of Vicki Robin in early February. The plan was that I, in between apartments, would live in her island home, in a room with a mini-fridge, microwave, and a view of the garden. She didn't know if I'd be ok living in such a small space, so I sent her
- [An Ode to the Literary Bath](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/an-ode-to-the-literary-bath/) - One of the bedrocks of a successful writing life is the full understanding that any research that needs to be done can be done in the bath.
- [How Can We Help Each Other Through?](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/how-can-we-help-each-other-through/) - It took me about two weeks to pick myself up off the floor. I'm still limping, rolling onto the bed, numbing out on scrolling, wine, and various high-fat items. Then I saw an invitation for an online dance class by Ryan Heffington, who is Sia's choreographer. After watching all the Sia videos, I discussed his
- [Cooking My Way Through This](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/cooking-my-way-through-this/) - I was scrolling through Twitter like every tweet was a bump of coke, when a post by my friend Willie stopped me: The next day, I spent two hours taking in no other information but the sound of onions sizzling, the smell of home-made tomato soup, and the sight of the bread toasting as I
- [How to Write (or Not) During the Coronavirus Outbreak](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/how-to-write-or-not-during-coronavirus/) - It's the time of Coronavirus, which is pretty much like the bad dystopian novel plot we all can't believe we're living. And I'll tell you what, I'm not writing that much. Or working that much. Instead of rise & grind, it's been more like rise & cry. And I don't care. People are dying all
- [Writers Get Wild: Creating Your Own Self-Run Writing Retreat](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/writers-get-wild-creating-your-own-self-run-writing-retreat/) - My rent is $350 for the next three months, and I can't tell whether it's that or the physical space around me, trees instead of buildings, cows instead of crowds, but when I arrive at the island house I'm staying at, I feel like I've shed a suit of chain mail. Perhaps I've been living
- [10 Things I've Learned in 10 Years of Writing the Personal Essay](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/10-things-ive-learned-in-10-years-of-writing-the-personal-essay/) - From my first essay nearly published a decade ago to the viral essay that got a million readers to the little goof essays I write now, here are 10 things I've learned about writing powerful personal essays
- [The Most Important Thing Most Writers Never Do](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/the-most-important-things-most-writers-never-do/) - I'd be driving and think, "Oh damn it, I never followed up with Susan." I'd be shopping and realize it had been six months since that editor offered to read some pitches. I'd look in my email for the last time I made contact with that person who would help me get where I want
- [Why I'm Learning Grammar: Grammar Foundations Class Review](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/why-am-i-learning-grammar-grammar-foundations-class-review/) - My coaching student scoffed. "Why are you learning grammar?" A part of me was with her, scoffing at grammar that meant memorizing latinate words. Grammar that was removed by the spectacles of a stickler. Grammar that was about analyzing rather than creating. I decided to learn grammar, really damn well this year, because of Chef's Table,
- [5 Ways to Write The Cliché Experience Fresh](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/5-ways-to-write-the-cliche-experience-fresh/) - I’m looking up Narratively’s instructions on how to pitch, and I see this from their editor, Lilly Dancyger: “In case you’re wondering, here are some other done-to-death tropes that I never want to see again, with a few rare exceptions if you can really turn them upside down and make them new again: -How a
- [Everything a Writer Needs to Thrive: Craft, Business Skills, Personal Finance, & Joy](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/everything-a-writer-needs-to-thrive-craft-business-skills-personal-finance-joy/) - When I decided to start a blog as a follow-up to my book Welcome to the Writer's Life, I knew I needed to focus. Who is this blog serving, and what are we going to talk about? I want to help the people who want to make a life out of being a writer, and
- [Conferences are Essential (and Expensive)](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/conferences-are-essential-and-expensive/) - In 2018, I went to six conferences, which is, according to my bank account, too many conferences. Today I have a new podcast episode out with Clint Proctor, about how going to FinCon, a conference for financial writers, helped him go from a blogger to a freelance writer billing $8,000 a month in one year.
- [Why a Writer Might Want to Care About Frugality](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/why-a-writer-might-want-to-care-about-frugality/) - I'm doing Liz Frugalwoods' Uber-frugal challenge this month, and I don't like it. I mean, I like her and her challenge, but I don't like feeling like I can't do things. It brings up the demons still haunting me from when we couldn't go to birthday parties because we couldn't afford presents, couldn't join the
- [Read This to Learn That: Tara Conklin's "The Last Romantics" and The Family Saga](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/read-this-to-learn-that-tara-conklins-the-last-romantics-and-the-family-saga/) - I just finished Tara Conklin’s book The Last Romantics on a plane, and I wanted to call, “Attention: People in the emergency row. Have you read this book? You must, here, who wants to start? It’s a 6-hour flight, let’s move.” I’m on the way to a vacation with my family, and I will force
- [How To Compost Artistic Envy Into Inspiration](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/how-to-compost-artistic-envy-into-inspiration/) - I am feeling feelings about Kristen Arnett's book, Mostly Dead Things, an absolutely fabulous and hilarious novel set in Florida. Psst: This site uses affiliate links. Hey Paulette, weren't you supposed to be working on a novel set in Florida? Are these notes from 2012 from the book you still haven't finished? What have you
- [Using Affiliate Links, Feeling Kinda Weird About It](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/using-affiliate-links-feeling-kinda-weird-about-it/) - As we walked down the beach one day, my mom and I saw two anchored boats cracking against each other in the waves. One had broke loose of its rope. Neither had anyone on it. We looked at each other, we dove in. Feeling like low-grade Baywatch, we swam to the boats, climbed aboard, and
- [Obsession](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/word-prompt/obsession/)
- [Read This to Learn That: Gaby Dunn's "Bad with Money" and Starting as a Writer from Nothing](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/read-this-to-learn-that-gaby-dunns-bad-with-money-and-starting-as-a-writer-from-nothing/) - One thing I know about the writing life is that you get better at the thing by doing it. I started out hoping to be invited to do the thing I wanted to do. But of course, this is before you've ever done it before, so you're like on Draft 1 of your attempt. So
- [My Favorite Writers' Favorite Books: Michelle Obama](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/my-favorite-writers-favorite-books-michelle-obama/) - Is there anyone classier, smarter, and more of a person I might be tempted to put a photo of on my mantel than Michelle Obama? She's brilliant in her own right, and has that sexy husband, too. She says, since writing her book, Becoming, "I love to see how people choose to tell their own
- [My Favorite Writers' Favorite Books: Zadie Smith](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/my-favorite-writers-favorite-books-zadie-smith/) - Zadie Smith is kind of everything you ever want to be. I'm in love with this short story I heard her read on the New Yorker fiction podcast, and she can do no wrong. She's been a finalist for the 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism, a PEN America Book Award finalist, and
- [My Favorite Writers' Favorite Books: Amy Schumer](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/my-favorite-writers-favorite-books-amy-schumer/) - As you know, Amy Schumer is ridiculous. I consider her my long-lost third sister. Not only does she have her book, The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, she of course writes the material she delivers. Here are some of Amy's favorite books: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins Publisher's description: EVERY DAY
- [My Favorite Writers' Favorite Books: George Saunders](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/my-favorite-writers-favorite-books-george-saunders/) - George Saunders is an uber-favorite: kind, brilliant, hard-working. I've never met anyone who said a bad word about him, and he was very generous when I met him outside a bathroom where his wife was using the restroom, and forced him to talk with me, even after I blurted out that I love him. Here
- [The Next Books I'm Buying for My Writing Business](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/the-next-books-im-buying-for-my-writing-business/) - The 10X Rule by Grant Cardone Ask by Ryan Levesque Book Yourself Solid by Michael Port Getting Things Done by David Allen
- [Tools to Write Without Distraction](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/writers-gear/tools-to-write-without-distraction/) - You know that feeling like you want to just head out to a cabin in the woods and just write? Well you can get a little bit of that with some of these fun devices that let you type without access to things like your email. Your words will be digitized without your mind being
- [My Favorite Writers' Favorite Books: Susan Orlean](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/books-and-tools/my-favorite-writers-favorite-books-susan-orlean/) - Susan Orlean is a force. The author of The Library Book, The Orchid Thief, and Rin Tin Tin. I once got to sit near Susan Orlean, after an event at Hugo House. We were 8 people who separated into two groups of conversations, and though I kept checking to see if she was going to
- [10 of My Favorite Seattle Writers](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/my-10-favorite-seattle-writers/) - When you get live in a certain place, you get to know the writers who aren't necessarily the biggest names (though some are). Here are 10 writers I would love if they lived anywhere, but who I learned about because they happen to live in the Seattle area. Claire Dederer Claire writes with such honesty
- [Most Helpful Kitchen Items](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/uncategorized/most-helpful-kitchen-items/) - Little suction cup hooks!
- [10 Tools Writers Need for a Healthy Workspace](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/uncategorized/10-tools-writers-need-for-a-healthy-workspace/) - If you want to be a writer, you want to be writing for the rest of your life. As someone who's had to wear a wrist brace and endure the bowling jokes of co-workers, I implore you to set yourself up as well as you can afford to from the get-go. If all else fails,
- [10 Books George Saunders Loves](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/uncategorized/10-books-george-saunders-loves/) - I'm so mad I just found this list. I was thinking about how people should search out the favorite books of their favorite authors. I realized I'd never done this for one of my favorite authors, George Saunders. And voila, 10 books I know will be phenomenal. As George (I can call him George. I
- [My Favorite Writer Toys (and Gifts!)](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/writers-gear/my-favorite-writer-toys-and-gifts/) - In my book, I talk about how there's no need to go nuts buying fancy writerly accoutrements. By fancy, I mean expensive. I do not mean this ridiculous feather pen I got for $12 for my book launch's Bad Author's Photo Booth. After the launch, I mean, I had the pen, so one day I started writing
- [The Best Literary Magazines](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/the-best-literary-magazines/) - The good people at Every Writer’s Resource rank the best literary magazines in the country using twenty data points, including how long the publication has been around and how often the work they publish is anthologized. They gave the top ten spots to these magazines, which you should definitely check out: The New Yorker.
- [A Year of Craft - 12 Wonder Craft Books](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/a-year-of-craft-12-wonder-craft-books/) - Craft books are an essential part of any writer's reading regime. Don't let your ego get you all excited about "being self-taught." There are instructions. Read them. Here are 12 classics and widely loved craft books to help you improve your writing. The Writer’s Portable Mentor by Priscilla Long. If I could keep only
- [10 of The Best Books to Inspire Your Creative Life](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/uncategorized/10-of-the-best-books-to-inspire-your-creative-life/) - If you ever feel lost, these authors will help you find your way and remind you that you’re not alone in your struggles. The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. This book is the literary equivalent of being swaddled in a cloth and sung a lullaby that goes, “You’re a special artist. Everything is OK.”
- [10 Books to Make You a Hustling Artist](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/10-books-to-make-you-a-hustling-artist/) - These books helped me increase my earnings or lower my costs, making the writing life more feasible: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey. Ugh, why does this have to have the nerdiest title in the world? It was the first book I read that made me realize there were
- [The 10 Most Hilarious Books I've Ever Read](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/the-10-most-hilarious-books-ive-ever-read/) - Do not listen to David Sedaris on a bus. I tried to enjoy The Drama Bug, and nearly convulsed as he described picking up Elizabethan English. I twisted toward the window and shoved my palm over my mouth. “’Perchance fair lady thou dost think me unduly vexed at the state of thine quarters,’ I said
- [5 Books to Give You an Edge as a Freelancer](https://welcometothewriterslife.com/blog/5-books-to-give-you-an-edge-as-a-freelancer/) - If there's one thing I know about being a freelancer, it's that the C players are not going to make it. You can be a C player in a corporate office and get by, but as someone who needs to constantly get hired, not just worry about not getting fired, C-level game just doesn't cut it. I
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