Thanks, Cynthia! We're happy you found us too. 🙂

Z.A. - We are glad you have survived these last few years! None of us need to be alone in this writing world. We are far better together. 🙂

Judith, ESPECIALLY on those days when rejections show up, you must remember how special and unique you are! 🙂

"If you are hungry or cold, you can’t create.

"If you are worried about your loved ones, you can’t create."

This. So much this. I've learned the truth of these words so thoroughly the past few years, I don't think I'll ever buy that lone wolf, starving artist garbage again.

Thank you for this post and the infographic. Will be sending this to my friends.

Thanks so much, Karen! I've read it a few times myself. We ALL need the reminder. 🙂

Me too, Denise. Me too! I spend so much time worrying about the needs of others that sometimes #5 is difficult to achieve.

Thanks, Chris! And yowza, having to worry about blood sugar during the writing time...that sure is an extra wrinkle to manage. Go, you.

I tend to like to write out in the world. But the timer/candle thing? That's what I use when I am stuck. For some reason, that smell of the match, followed by the candle, opens me right up. 🙂

Ahhhhh, time. I chase that around every day as well. Even now, I am answering comments while my girlie reads to me at bedtime. Shhhh....don't tell her!