I'm not a slacker, I promise! I spent the last 4 days at the Writer's Digest Conference in New York City with 800 aspiring writers and about 100 published authors, agents, and editors. Talk about inspiration! This is a writing and publishing oriented conference with pitching opportunities. Everyone there means business! Everyone wants to be a published author. Everyone wants to rise to the … [Read more...] about Days 9, 10, 11, 12 – #31DaysofInspiration

Guess what? I didn't write today and I'm preoccupied with leaving for NYC tomorrow -- where I imagine I'll be very inspired! I'm heading to Writer's Digest's Annual Conference where I'm on a Women's Fiction panel and doing a one-hour session on how to silence all the negative self-talk writers are known for, as well as how to deal with dismissive friends, family, and strangers. That session is … [Read more...] about Day 8 #31DaysofInspiration

Today I was inspired by a project I worked on for a long time. (See below) I created the content for this six-week Writing Women's Fiction workshop I'm teaching this Fall through Writer's Digest. I was flattered to be asked and can't wait to introduce this genre to new writers, and help established writers find their footing. A few of you have mentioned being inspired by kind comments about … [Read more...] about Day 7 #31DaysofInspiration

This weekend I RELAXED. I napped, I read, I hung out with my BFF and her family at the New Jersey shore. I didn't take a lot of pictures (just a few, below) And you know what this weekend off did for me? It made me super excited to come back to my story. I missed it. Time away is inspiration of its own. I'm reading an advance copy of The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter by Hazel Gaynor, one of … [Read more...] about Day 6 #31DaysofInspiration