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• Tax Tip Tuesday: Common Direct Expenses for Writers

  

  Writers work in all different genres and write for a variety of media outlets. Some of us are business writers, others create romance novels and many write... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Empty My Hands

  

  Our family is in an odd spot. We’re between normals, if “normal” ever actually exists for us.As we leave one stage and embark on the next, I have no idea how... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Look Up and Enjoy My Present

  

  “You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Comment on Studying Emotions in Life & Writing Through Friendly Fire by Susan...

  Don’t know if this is the same thing, but it was an example of my own prejudice. I was attending a lesson on demographics, which sounded like a real snoozer to... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Embracing Life’s Layovers

  

  Sometimes I feel as if I’m on a layover to my final destination. A stop on the way to something better, more exciting—My destiny. Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Comment on The Vulnerability of the Writer by Mick

  Great thoughts, Brandy. I’d critique, but you’d just delete my comment. I take one perfect word from this: “Fearless.” That’s it. Authors must be fearless.... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Studying Emotions in Life & Writing Through Friendly Fire

  

  I woke in the middle of the night to the rooster crowing at the moon. Strange but true. Poor pea brained birds don’t know the difference between the moon, a... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tax Tip Tuesday: Bookkeeping & Record Keeping for Writers

  

  Bookkeeping is an essential part of the business of writing and includes storage of receipts, invoices, statements as well as all the required documents to... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Vulnerability of the Writer

  

  I was having dinner with a few friends the other night and we were talking about blogging, and I realized something: Being a writer can be scary. Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• From Mount Vernon Estates to The Smithsonian: How the Setting of Buried

  

  “No estate in United America is more pleasantly situated than this.” - George Washington, 1790Ever wonder where an author gets an idea for a story? Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2012 LIFE COACH

• Are You Weary in the Waiting?

  

  “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tax Tip Tuesdays: Automobile Expenses and Deductions for Writers

  With taxes about a month away, many writers are confused as to what expenses are tax deductible. When it comes to your automobile, here are some guidelines. Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Marketing: 10, 100, and 1000 Dollar Work

  

  So you’ve got a book coming out and the marketing director at your publisher calls you up, very excited about your book. You’re excited too, until she tells... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Getting Picked Last

  

  When I was a kid, I had a pretty stiff case of childhood asthma. I couldn’t run much, and because my dad was a Turkish immigrant and never played baseball or... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• He Makes All Things New

  

  One of the visions of Writer…Interrupted is to give the voiceless a voice. You don’t have to be an expert in writing to write for Writer…Interrupted. Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Getting the Words Right

  

  Ernest Hemingway famously said that the problem with completing his classic novel A Farewell to Arms was “getting the words right.” The sentiment resonates... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Need Stress Relief? Look Up!

  

  My grandkids and I have been busy with all kinds of science fun this month – from one grandchild’s science fair projects to another’s computer lessons that are... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tax Tips Tuesdays: Business Meals for Writers

  

  Business Meals for WritersWriters may choose to meet with their agents over lunch or they might arrange to meet a subject to interview at a local bagel shop. Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2012 LIFE COACH

• How to Write Without an Office

  

  Does the lack of privacy keep you from writing?In a recent web class I learned more about the unique way I learn, write and study. Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Ache in Our Souls

  

  The psalmist claimed that we live “in a dry and weary land where there is no water” (Psa. 63:1).I think he was simply saying that we humans need more than this... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2012 LIFE COACH, SELF EXPRESSION