As a writer or creative, you need breaks to think, relax, play, putter, read, and even work. As winter recedes, your outside areas become fair game for these activities.

4 quick changes that you can support reasonable portion sizes:

If you want to write "someday" or be more creative, these are 5 things to add to your schedule and 4 things to remove.

It's the small, everyday things in my life that are making me smile this month. Here are the 3 everyday organizing tools that are making my life easier.

My thoughts on Things That Matter: Overcoming Distraction to Pursue a More Meaningful Life by Joshua Becker.

Many times our goals and resolutions are established without taking into account the rest of our lives, responsibilities and needs. What do you want to KEEP?  What are you ready to LET GO of this next year? What would you like to BEGIN?

Change is what happens outside of us. Our environment changes, our circumstances change and, of course, our choices change. Transition is what happens within us. Sometimes we get stuck and we don’t make the transition.

Quick Organizing Actions You Can Complete in 15 Minutes or Less

If you aren’t getting enough sleep, you probably don’t have enough energy to exercise and you’re probably more at risk for negative thinking

Read "Better Than Before" — Look for strategies to build your writing habit — Unlock your writing productivity

There is a big difference between an 'excuse' and a 'reason' or contributing factor. I think of an excuse as a lie I tell myself (or others)

The similarity between the lawn furniture training concept & writing felt obvious. I start every month with a plan to write, but soon...

I got stuck. I got busy. I focused on other things. The writing was shut down. My writing motivation was wandering around somewhere...

What is your writing plan for September, October, and November? Determine what you need in these 5 areas to write this fall.

Which terms do you need? My advice is start where you can, do your best to understand, and ALWAYS keep a copy on file.

Concentrate your focus, build writing skills, increase creativity, or nurture your motivation with writing groups, retreats & conferences

Your creativity is part of who you are, but asking if your creativity can trust you also sets it up as an entity you must respect and use.

When you build a habit or develop a ritual around your writing, you can get to your computer, tablet or paper in the write mindset. You’ll s

Your published book will look nothing like the first draft. The final draft of the book, the one you’ll publish, will come from the PROCESS

YOU may be your biggest writing challenge. Here are six ways to build your confidence in your ability to write and publish your book.