by Lydia | Aug 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
This week I had the great honor to take a pause from my regular series to post a guest post on Amber Gregg’s blog, Judging More Than Just the Cover. She posts book reviews, author discussions, and topics about writing. Her passion is helping and teaching...
by Lydia | Jul 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
Recently, I’ve been having an attitude problem. Everybody has bad days at work where you just woke up on the wrong side of the bed or didn’t get enough sleep. But recently I’ve felt resentful at my job for keeping me from my dream of writing, and...
by Lydia | Jan 10, 2015 | Becoming-A-Writer Tips, Life/Writing update, Uncategorized
There’s no way I’ll ever get this fellowship. I’m not good enough. Why even waste the time and effort trying? Sound familiar? Not just for writing fellowships, but for everything in life we try for (contests, job promotions, auditions, scholarships)?...
by Lydia | Sep 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
One of the most important questions we can ask ourselves is why we do what we do. Not only for healthy self-reflection, but to focus our efforts and cut out the things in our lives that don’t have a good enough “why”. Whether you write prolifically,...
by Lydia | Aug 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
(http://youaredoingthatwrong.com/tag/bella/) “Lestat and Louie feel sorry for vampires that sparkle in the sun. They would never hurt immortals who choose to spend eternity going to high school over and over again in a small town —...
by Lydia | Aug 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
Fellow author and excellent mentor of writers, K.M. Weiland, is releasing a new annotated version of Jane Eyre (Jane Eyre: The Writer’s Digest Annotated Classic.). To promote it, she’s doing a giveaway of some fantastic prizes from Writer’s Digest, with...
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