Jul 7, 2025 | Get It Written |
As a self-employed professional or creative, it’s likely that some sort of writing is frequently on your to-do list. But we all have days when getting started on a writing project seems impossible. It can happen when you’re tired or stressed. Or when your...May 8, 2025 | Get It Written |
Dame Agatha Christie is the best-selling fiction writer of all time. Her detective novels featuring Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple have sold more than two billion copies. That’s right, billion with a B. She wrote 66 mystery novels, 6 romance novels, 14 short...Apr 7, 2025 | Get Yourself There |
Self-employment has no shortage of ups and downs. When a well-paying client suddenly quits, or your marketing doesn’t seem to be working, or your laptop goes kerflooey, it’s easy to become discouraged. Especially when you work mostly solo, it can be a...Jan 21, 2025 | Get It Written |
Sometimes our expectations of ourselves as writers (whether we write to build business, express ourselves, or as a way to make a living) are way too high. It’s good to hold aspirations to be a highly-skilled, prolific writer. But what’s not good is when we...Dec 3, 2024 | Get Yourself There |
Clients and students often ask me, “C.J., you always seem to have a million things going on. How do you keep track of it all?” Their questions imply that they believe I am more organized, focused, or productive than the average bear. Personally, I’m...Nov 19, 2024 | Get Yourself There |
Modern always-connected life wasn’t designed for the professional or creative who needs to focus. It’s almost as if there is an internet-based conspiracy to interfere with your most important work. Kate I. Foley, an impossibly-young fiction author and...
