by Dakota | Jul 21, 2020 | Blog
I recently had one of my writing students tell me that the things she’d long considered her major stumbling blocks weren’t that bad at all once she was able to face them. I think writers, all creatives really, often have such vivid imaginations that it’s easy for us...
by Dakota | Jun 19, 2020 | Blog
If you could spend a year working mainly on self improvement, would you do it? I am currently loving the book, Help Me: One Woman’s Quest to Find Out if Self-Help Really Can Change Your Lifeby Marianne Power. It’s about the experiment one women embarked up to focus on...
by Dakota | Jun 19, 2020 | Blog
Recognizing and Overcoming the Need for Perfection I’d never considered myself a perfectionist. Sure, I preferred the dishwasher be loaded in a certain way. I couldn’t see why anyone wouldn’t squeeze the toothpaste tube from the bottom and of course toilet paper...
by Dakota | May 13, 2020 | Blog
How many times have you told yourself you could finish your novel/screenplay/article by now if only you had more time? I know I used to be a master procrastinator. I was always going to write “someday” — someday when there was more time, when I had the perfect idea,...
by Dakota | Mar 17, 2020 | Blog
I am excited to let you know that the third installment of the Liz & Toby Adventures is set to be released on April 7th. It just became available today on Kindle pre-order. Check it out: My Snake Smells Mummies. Similar to My Dog Sees Ghosts and My Cat Hears...
by Dakota | Mar 17, 2020 | Blog
What’s the Debate and Who Wins? I’ve been thinking about the classic debate writers and those who advise writers engage in about who we should write for — ourselves or our readers. I started researching both sides so I could understand the arguments. I was about...
