It’s Not Failure; it’s a Growth Opportunity (aka Plot Twist)
As someone whose day job is in tech support, I’ve learned not to discount the power of “Mercury in retrograde”. Except it isn’t, and the frustrations I experienced last week were obstacles to be sure. In fact, to be honest, it left me wondering...
Understanding Monotropism and “Negative” Thoughts
There’s a belief that “ruts” happen from multiple passes over the same territory, whether they’re from repetitive thinking or from tires and the weight of a vehicle, and I’d argue that rather often, that’s simply not the case....
How to Handle Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria
How many types of rejection do you experience as an author? There are bad reviews, rejection letters, harsh critiques, or even the dreaded silence of nope. Dealing with these things is hard enough, but when you also have rejection sensitive dysphoria, something...
Counteracting the Isolation of Being An Author
For most fiction novelists, and nonfiction researchers, writing has often been a solitary occupation. Images of writers rooms for television or teams of people working on comics may make it seem like a social gathering. And yet, even then the writers still must come...