Kick Should To the Curb (Mindset Monday)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]How many times do you hear the word ‘should’? How many times do you think to yourself, “I should do (fill in the blank).”? What do you do with all of your shoulds? It’s easy to think that we should do...
Do you open doors? (Monday Mindset)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When starting a new writing project do you a) think about how it will feel to have it finished and shared with the world? or b) worry about all the work that’s going to go into crafting this book and how it will be received? My...
Check Your Deservingness Levels (Monday Mindset)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There comes a moment when you finish your draft, whether it’s of a chapter or an entire book, when many authors wonder if it’s any good. Sometimes this process happens during edits, and it doesn’t matter if you are...Power of Positive (Monday Mindset)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Last week I spoke about how we need to be careful not to push our goals away from us. Sometimes we try too hard to make things happen that we shove them away. I had a situation like that, where in the end, while I won’t know...
Pushing Goals (Mindset Monday)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Have you ever wondered if you can focus on a goal too much? As if by thinking so hard on what you want (quit your day job, hit a bestseller list), that you’re pushing the goal further and further away. If you subscribe to the...Be Unafraid To Be Yourself (Horse Wisdom)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A horse never apologizes, at least not in the way that we think of such things in our day-to-day interactions. Sure, a trusted mount might appear to look sheepish when they dump you in the mud, but that also could be us putting our...
Make Writing Your Happy Place (Mindset Monday)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]You know the saying, “I’ve got 99 problems but X isn’t one”? That’s a saying I like to use a lot, because it’s true while we all face challenges in our life, as an author one of the things that...Of Horses and Writing (Horse Wisdom)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Some of my best story ideas have come to me on days when I cleaned stalls. It didn’t matter if it was -20 real temperature (gotta love brutal Iowa winters) or 90 degrees with 90% humidity. The act of cleaning stalls, something...