In general, you’ll hear me tell writers they can’t wait for the muse (and yes, that sculpture is of muses and it’s on a theater in Russia) if you’re going to have a career in freelance writing. Successful freelancing requires some discipline. If you sit around, waiting for inspiration, chances are you’ll soon need to go get a regular job.
That said, it’s also true we need some spaciousness, some time, and a sense of willingness to allow for inspiration. It’s some sort of balance between being a drudge, never a good idea in my not so humble opinion on the …read more

It doesn’t matter if you’re writing for a client, or working to get a book written, or aiming at a career in magazine writing, or building a blog, nothing happens until you put fingers to the keyboard (Gee, I keep getting reminded that I’m getting older. I wanted to write “until you put pen to paper.”
Every successful writer I’ve ever known or heard about has established some sort of writing routine. There’s something magic about writing on a regular basis. My hunch is once our brain and body know we’ve set up a routine they get ready for it, making …read more