Kathryn Craft Turning Whine Into Gold We have just experienced the longest night of the year, when keeping hope alive is a real challenge for those with seasonal affective disorder, those grieving losses, or those writers experiencing the Long Night of the Pre-Published Soul. It is hard to want something for so many years, so […]

Kathryn Craft Turning Whine Into Gold As writers, we are used to making choices on behalf of our characters. As characters in our own life stories, though, we also make choices. We set a goal, pursue it until we come to a fork in the road, and then deal with the changes and challenges this […]

Kathryn Craft Turning Whine into Gold This month I’ve been seeing a lot on social media about the benefit of positivity. It is the simplest and most immediate cure for whining! A positive attitude will keep you in problem-solving gear and win you many champions in the publishing business. In this great interview between Porter […]

Kathryn Craft Turning Whine into Gold   I had just turned in my second novel after an intense ten months of 15-hour days. Since most of that time was spent sitting, my first celebratory act was taking a walk with my husband to brainstorm ideas for this blog post, the fourth and last installment adapting […]

Kathryn Craft Turning Whine into Gold In our ongoing look at what wisdom Don Miguel Ruiz’s The Four Agreements can offer writers, we come to agreement number three. [Click here for Agreement 1 and Agreement 2.] Don’t Make Assumptions Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others […]