What if I told you that you could be a bestselling author in a short amount of time? You’d think I was crazy, right? You’d think, “Dang, that Laura, I don’t know what she’s sniffing, but it must be some good stuff!” Right? Right. But you’d be wrong. You don’t need a lot of money, a blog with a lot of followers, tons of hits to your website, or even a large mailing list (although all those things do help!), you just need to change your thinking.

So, what do I mean by “change your thinking” anyway? Well most of us who are authors see becoming a bestselling author as a “problem” we have to solve, or an “obstacle” we have to figure out somehow how to get over. But what if becoming a bestselling author wasn’t a problem at all, or even an obstacle. What if instead your thinking was the problem? What if instead you marketed your books, stayed positive about said books, accepted where you are right now with your books and were grateful to get to where you are now, and enjoyed where you are right now as an author. After all, it’s awesome that you …

Read More→

It’s funny to me how some writers don’t see what they’re doing as being creative. They’re just “writing,” and while this is true, writing whether it is creating fiction or non-fiction is creating pictures with words. So, yes, writing is creative, even if you don’t always think of it that way. Some writers turn writing into a “grind,” especially if they’ve decided to make it into a “job” or “career,” not that there is anything wrong with doing this, but doing so can sometimes make writing seem as though it is a task rather than being creative.

Here are six ways to bring the creativity back into your wrting:

1. Learn a new creative discipline.

2. Create collages.

I love making collages. There is something about …

Read More→