Yes! It’s time to announce that LUKE is actually finished…
We’re doing the line-by-line now. Publication is imminent
Curious?
Here’s a blurb:
Luke Lacroix, a once-promising athlete, lives a blissfully mundane life. Content in his solitude, he meets Jenni, a woman who lives a life of boring excess where excitement comes at the expense of others. Jenni and her husband Tim play games with people as their pieces and the world as their board. These two worlds meet in a tragedy of errors and one of them learns a hard lesson.
Introducing LIVING WRITE a real-life guide to getting your writing life on track.
This is the same method I have used and spoken of often. It includes getting up and doing morning pages, scheduling your writing time, and tracking your progress. These are all things you can do on your own, but sometimes it helps to have an accountability partner.
With that in mind, I’m offering three package deals. Let me know in the COMMENTS which sounds best to you:
😍 PDF VERSION: You can download the PDF version of the course and work through it at your own pace. COMMENT “PDF” if you’re interested in this version.
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Let me know what you think of my new coaching program and what you’re most excited about. Until next week!
If you’re reading this, you’ve got an inside scoop to my new free resources on linseyewing.com. They’re not up yet, so this is the only way to get access to them (or join my email list by clicking that link^)
Here’s a sneak peek at my favorites:
MONTHLY planner/tracker
NO BULL sprint tracker
To get early access, simply CONTACT ME and I’ll email you all or some of my new FREE resources. Don’t forget to COMMENT BELOW…which is your favorite new resource?
WEEKLY writing schedule
Join my LIVE STREAM on YouTube Tuesday nights at 5PM Central.
This month I’m going to delve into my NEW products so you can see what I’m going to be up to this year.
LIVE STREAMS on YouTube are going to be just what they sound like: Live writing (or reading or knitting, or whatever project you’re working on!) sprints to help you stay productive. Look for those
TUESDAYS @ 5PM CENTRAL TIME
I can’t wait to see you there. Keep reading this month to find out about my other projects and don’t forget to comment below!
LOVE is so much easier to give than to receive, at least in my experience. I spent years doubting the LOVE I was given because I lacked an essential component.
Say you have a flower you’d like to pot. First, you have to put dirt in the pot. Better yet, put some gravel down and then put dirt in the pot. If you just plop the plant in the pot, there’s no way it will grow or thrive. It needs nourishment and a stable environment.
That’s self-love for a writer.
We have to fill our pots with self-LOVE before we can expect to nouish anything else. That includes our writing.
I’ve talked about HOPE being the reason we keep writing (because if we don’t HOPE, we’re lost). Now we need to realize that LOVE is the reason we can write in the first place.
LOVE of words
LOVE of writing
LOVE of communication, or a message, or a medium, or whatever…
Without self-love, we might as well be dry-potting plants.
We have to LOVE ourselves as much as we LOVE writing, and I’ll tell you why:
ZERO other people can do what we do
not because writing is hard or because we put in the time or because we’re special.
No.
I mean, yes, all those things, but also, no.
I mean, no one, absolutely no oneelse, writes what you write, how you write it, and for whom you write it.
No one writes like me. No one writes like you.
In order for you to value your work, you must first value the person who created it.
that’s YOU.
This holiday season, LOVE yourself first and see how much more LOVE you have to give others and, yes, your writing.
Easier said than done? No problem. Drop me a line and I’ll help.
As we approach the new year, I HOPE these ADVENT messages for writers have filled you with PEACE and JOY and, of course, a deeper LOVE of writing.
The day we all remember where we were, what we were doing, and how our lives changed.
This generation will likely remember the outbreak of COVID-19.
Think how blessed they are that this event didn’t spark a war. Think how blessed we all are. We are not in conflict with each other, at least not on a global scale. In theory, anyway, we are “all in this together.”
We are living through a time of relative PEACE, and for that, I am supremely grateful.
PEACE is like health in that we don’t notice it so much as we notice its absence. We notice when it is disrupted.
In talking about PEACE, I want to first talk about grief. Events big or small affect us when we lose something or someone.
Those moments can be extra poignant around the holidays.
We go through denial, anger, bargaining, and finally acceptance.
I think PEACE, especially for writers, especially for this time of year, is about accepting what we can and cannot do. Accepting that this time of year is hard, accepting that we may not be as productive as we want to be, accepting that we may want to murder our family members at some point.
Accepting the dark and scary parts of ourselves as well as those filled with light.
Accepting the PEACE offered by other people, by God, by the universe, or whomever. Accepting that all you have to do is accept.
This year, I challenge you to notice and appreciate all the PEACE in your life.
Cultivate PEACE where it is lacking whether that’s a difficult coworker or a disruptive family member. Lend a hand and you will receive one back. Watch and see if it doesn’t happen.
And finally, accept the PEACE you have in your life, offer it to others, and let it surround you.
we can all fall prey to that feeling that the grass is greener on the other side.
especially this time of year when it seems everyone is posting some holiday goodness. I’ve learned to be thankful, not just for my life the way it is, but also for my friends and families’ lives and the blessings they have.
I am thankful they are happy, healthy, and blessed.
The holidays are not a happy, joyful, or celebratory time for everyone. For some, this is a time of grief, strife, and strain.
Please remember: In this season of light someone is sitting in the darkness.
The best way you can help is to offer HOPE: be there without hovering, offer help without solutions, and emphasize the good without diminishing the present bad. It’s a tall order, I know, but it takes a tough person to sit out their own internal battles, remember that.
This year, I want to speak specifically to the HOPE of all who consider themselves writers or who wish to become writers.
Here’s the deal, we have to have HOPE to keep going. If we give up on being published or recognized or even finished, that’s it. No one is going to do it for us.
We have to push and push and push ourselves, and that’s difficult. Much easier to give it up and blame something else. That’s the thing though. Once you realize it, you can’t unring the bell.
I HOPE after last week you’re feeling better. HOPE you did a little self-care.
I HOPE you have a little more HOPE this week and that you’re ready to face the end of the year.
If you’re not quite so surefooted, contact me. If you need some help with quarterly planning, learning to be a writer, or just someone to talk to, I’m only a click away.
How is HOPE manifesting in your life this season? What HOPE do you have to offer other writers?
I’m coming off a rough week work-wise, and I’ve been sick. I’m trying to find new jobs while completing the ones I have. All while not feeling worth a crap. Writing for NaNoWriMo has been low on the priority list.
This week I’m really hitting it hard, but I’m also taking advantage of the extra time to take some care of myself and my needs.
In my time with hope*writers, I’ve encountered the writing of Julia Cameron, who insists we take an “artist date” at least once a week.
An artist date is simply a date with oneself where one fills one’s soul with creativity. It’s appropriately vague to include all manner of activities, and an artist is anyone who creates for work or pleasure.
I’ve been to museums, garden tours, craft stores, and nature walks as artists dates, and I’m always on the lookout for more ideas.
I also haven’t been on an artist date in several weeks. It’s so easy to schedule other things, especially work, or to make excuses, especially when I don’t feel good, and I forget that this is a crucial part of maintaining healthy mental balance.
My work depends on my creativity, and so taking care of my creativity is just as important as taking care of my physical needs.
So my challenge is to not only take it easy this Thanksgiving week but to make this a week of self-care:
MONDAY: paint my nails TUESDAY: watch a movie WEDNESDAY: dinner out THURSDAY: nap FRIDAY: bubble bath SATURDAY: craft and reading time SUNDAY: hair, face, or foot mask (or maybe all three)
If I can schedule my writing time then I can schedule my self-care time as well.
How are you taking care of yourself this week? Do you have any great ideas for self-care or an artist date?
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