Writing Tip: Unstacking Writer’s Block

1. Don’t Believe the Hype A writer revealed to me that she does not believe in writer’s block.  So, just don’t believe a block exists.  Focus on the work. Mediate on it. Release the fears. I liken writer’s block to stage fright; you just have to do it to overcome it. 2. Rebel with a Pause In the middle of writing that long passage, an assignment, or blog post—stop. The wall comes up suddenly....

Become a Dharma Bum: Kerouac Project seeks Writers D/L Friday April 1st

Have you been dreaming about a writing vacation? Imagine if you had three dedicated months to finish a writing project?  All that time for you and your project? Think about it! You don’t have to pay rent (get someone to house-sit for you), you don’t have to worry about the utilities, and you don’t have to worry about food—you will receive a food stipend. Here and there, you may be asked to participate in...

Big Box Bookstores Closing

I found out from a post on Facebook that a well known Barnes & Noble across from the Lincoln Center in New York is closing.  It suddenly reminded me of the film, You Got Mail when Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan), owner of the Shop Around The Corner  tried to fight off Fox Books, a large discount bookstore owned by Joe Fox (Tom Hanks). I remember staring down Central Square in Cambridge, MA  in the late 1990s,...

Digital Pens—never lose an idea.

Imagine having a backup of a fabulous idea written on a piece of paper that had suddenly fell into the toilet?   Then again, you might have texted that idea and forgot all about it.  Well, for part time paper people like myself,  someone came up with an idea of a pen that records—digital pens like livescribe. The technology has been around  so I am a little late. I must get one!  I have dozens of...