What does your actual work space look like? Where do you work on your craft? Is it working out for you? Up until this last week or so, I've been trying to eek out my writing wherever I can manage - the kitchen table, the couch, the bed, the coffee table, outside - wherever. Recently, … Continue reading Pursuing Your Craft: Space

Oh my goodness! It's Thursday! Where did the time go? Have you ever had that happen? Where you completely lose track of your days and forget to do that one thing you were supposed to do? No more delay, though. Let's talk knowledge! In order to be the best we can be at our craft, … Continue reading Pursuing Your Craft: Knowledge

I've spent a bit of time talking about community this week already and I want to talk just a little more about it. The idea of building a community can sometimes feel as overwhelming as trying to build your own house without any construction experience! For most of my life, I have felt like an … Continue reading Discovering the community around me

Perhaps, like me, you have experienced the frustration of trying to trying to pursue your craft all by yourself. You have your goal or your dream and you're trying so hard to plug away day after day, and maybe like me, you eventually find yourself in a hole, stuck. No motivation, no idea of where … Continue reading Pursuing Your Craft: Community

Discipline. It's what sets those who finish apart from those who don't. Those who finish a novel. Those who finish a marathon. Those who finish blog post after blog post, day after day, week after week. Discipline is also a word that is thrown around and has lots of not always so positive connotations, but … Continue reading Pursuing Your Craft: Discipline

Welcome to the new series I'm diving into! Yesterday I posted a short intro video where you got to see me, real life and all, talk a little bit about where I want to go with this. Have you ever met someone trying to pursue their craft and they said they have more time than … Continue reading Pursuing Your Craft: Introduction

This is my last blog on my Bible study series. I'm happy and sad all at the same time, but more than that, I'm really excited to talk about something I've never really heard people talk too much about in all my beta reading research. The PEOPLE SKILLS needed to keep betas happy and feeling … Continue reading Beta Reader People Skills

Welcome back to beta readers! I've talked a lot about questionnaires this week, so I want to give you some samples and examples of questionnaires I'm using in my study. I started with a demographic questionnaire. Demographic Questionnaire Male     /     Female Age:    10s     20s     30s      40s      50s     60s … Continue reading Beta Reader Questionnaires