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Don't compare your career to someone else's. Don't compare your talent to someone else's. And don't compare your life to someone else's....

Dust off those shoes, prep your backpack, and brush your hair. It's time to go back to school. My kids started school today after ten...

When you're driving, you (ideally) keep your eyes on the road, right? So when you're creating your career, you should keep your eyes on...

It's not about the destination; it's about the journey. We flew into London last night. Our family has a very unpleasantly eventful trip...

You go to a supermarket. In the entranceway is a display table of the special foods of the week. You pick up the loaf of bread. You like...

Remember that choice Sophie had to make? If she had asked the dude next to her to do it, he would've had a much easier time. But then...

A while back, my husband took our kids away for the weekend, and I was home alone. When anyone asked, "Are you enjoying your time alone?"...

I have this patronizing little magnet on my filing cabinet reminding me every day that there are goals I'm not pursuing. It's like when...

I follow a few writing groups on Facebook, where mostly newbies post questions about writing, or their writing careers. Whenever I...

I often hear from clients (and the voices in my own head) that they don't know which of their writing projects they should be working on....

Be intentional with the partnerships you make in your stories. I really got to know my first born child once I had my second (I know, I...

I was driving on the highway yesterday, when a bizarre thought came to me: How badly would I need money to drive a promotional van around...

When I was growing up, I always heard "Just be yourself." I knew there was a caveat hidden in there, though. There had to be. For me, it...

Ever heard, "Hollywood is too lazy to think of new ideas," or "They've run out of stories to write?" These are not the reasons for the...

In "Little House on the Prairie," the principal characters, Charles and Caroline Ingalls, could do no wrong. And if they ever did, they...

Newer writers often struggle showing details about a character, or crucial backstory, without explaining it with overt dialogue. They...

"Only boring people get bored." ~ Ruth Burke I would like to politely (and resentfully) disagree. As Tolstoy wrote, boredom is "a desire...

I thoroughly enjoy the podcast Smartless. It's three dudes I like listening to, interviewing people I want to hear from. In the most...

There are a gazillion ways to try to break into a career in screenwriting, but the least effective one is probably writing a script and...

On the eve of Mother's Day, a holiday I've long resented for being a Hallmark-strangling, guilt-inducer, I've decided to stay away from...