If we were having coffee, I might tell you how hard I’ve been on myself lately.
Tag Archives: writer’s life
When I take my shot
I sometimes actually hit the mark.
Being green (with youth, with envy)
I am 26 years old now. This coming week, I’ll be turning 27. I’m still laughably, sickeningly young, and yet also worried that the youth card will be revoked soon.
Breaks and beginnings
Even-numbered years, for me, tend to be split in two.
Author Toolbox Blog Hop: Building a reputation (beyond writing and publishing)
Building your writing reputation can help you get off on the right foot when you start gaining traction with your writing.
Author Toolbox Blog Hop: Duotrope and the resume of failures
Alongside the resume I regularly update, I have another document that gets a similar treatment that’s almost like my resume’s shadow.
Author Toolbox Blog Hop: The limits of being an introvert
I must recognize that my extreme introversion will come up against its limits as I advance my writing career.
Author Toolbox Blog Hop: Learning how to write
I was most excited about writing when I felt I was learning the most about it.
Author Toolbox Blog Hop: The balancing act
I am the type of writer who would much rather be writing something new rather than editing a project I’ve already started. Even when I know that something isn’t ready for publication, is nowhere near “finished,” I have a hard time sitting myself down to edit. It’s not even that I dread the task ofContinue reading “Author Toolbox Blog Hop: The balancing act”
Author Toolbox Blog Hop: On youth and inexperience
There’s a particular piece of writing advice that got under my skin early on in my writing ‘career’: Write what you know. I have gone through stages of agreeing and disagreeing with this statement, but ultimately, the spirit of this tenet wins out. After all, readers will only read your book, will fall in loveContinue reading “Author Toolbox Blog Hop: On youth and inexperience”
Caroliena Cabada 