Also see my friend Errol Elumir’s daily Nanotoons! National Novel Writing Month (aka NaNoWriMo) begins today! To educators: there’s also a Nanowrimo Young Writers’ Program. If you love the spirit behind NaNoWriMo but want a gentler year-round writing (and editing) challenge with flexibility, feel free to try the Inkygirl Daily Writing Challenge. There’s also . . .
Just write. Many writers have a vague hope that elves will come in the night and finish any stories for you. They won’t. – Neil Gaiman
Sept. 8th was Ampersand Day, so I celebrated with a canned ampersand in the sand.
No matter how busy I am, I always try to carve out a few minutes every day to do some art and writing purely for the fun of it. No pressure to show anyone or have anything be perfect….just to PLAY. I find if I don’t make regular time to . . .
Rejection and criticism are part of publishing process, before AND after publication. Work on developing a thick skin early on and you’ll not only enjoy the journey more but also increase your chances of longterm success.
Reminder: DO REGULAR BACKUPS. Here’s my backup system and how it saved me when an Adobe Creative Cloud update bug ate my work.