Zone-Blockers keep us from experience the joy and freedom of writing in the Zone, that wonderful place within us filled with clarity, creativity, and unselfconscious ease. The last two posts were about busting Zone-Blockers: #1, The Big Miasma, and #2,
The Grey Fuzz: Zone-Blocker #2
This series of posts addresses those nasty phenomena that block us from experiencing the Zone—and the wonderful space of clarity, freedom, creativity, and unselfconscious ease that we feel when we write from the Zone. The Grey Fuzz is my Zone-Blocker
Busting the Zone-Blockers
I love the exquisite peace and focus that come of writing in the Zone. The words well up quickly, effortlessly, from a place deep within. Time and space disappear. I feel energized, clear, creative, and completely unselfconscious. But then, suddenly,
How You Tell Your Story
It’s not the story you tell—it’s how you tell the story. How often have we heard that? Many people say that there are only ten basic plots in all of literature. Or seven. Or twelve. Anyway, we human beings tell the
What is the Zone–and Do We Really Need It?
First, thank you for your patience while I indulged my Bad Non-Blogging Self and finished some projects. I did not, as some have surmised, enter the Zone and fall asleep in the poppy field—and I hereby commit to blogging every
Pain-Free Book Promotion
Promoting a book–or know someone engaging in this richly challenging venture? Check out my guest post on THE 5 KEYS TO PAIN-FREE BOOK PROMOTION at Joel Friedlander’s THE BOOK DESIGNER. I’ll be doing a class on “Promote Your Book the