December 12, 2011

Two weeks after the release of More Writer’s First Aid, I was interviewed by Jan Fields on “De-stressing the Writing Life.” The transcript is posted on the ICL website Writer’s Retreat.

This subject isn’t just about destressing during the holidays. Frankly, we lead such busy lives these days that there are precious few “slower” months in the calendar year. You need to know how to destress your writing life every day.

In the workshop we talked about such things as:

• stress caused by the flood of information on writing, publishing and marketing
• stress caused by the new social marketing–and how much is worthwhile
• setting goals that motivate without stressing you out
• handling multiple deadlines more easily
• critique groups–and how to benefit from them without adding stress to your writing life
• scheduling your writing day when juggling things like chores and a day job
• unexpected stress that comes with success

2 Comments »

1. 

   I loved both of your books. I ordered them from the Institute of Children’s Literature. I’m now reading them again. I’m also reading The Secret (second time around) and I’m amazed at how some of what you are saying agrees with that book. We have to think successful to be successful.

   Comment by Katherine Adlam — January 12, 2012 @ 5:33 pm

2. 

   Katherine, thanks for the kind words about my writing books. They are very practical. Yes, what we think about ANYTHING–not just writing–greatly affects the outcomes.

   Comment by Kristi Holl — January 14, 2012 @ 9:36 am

RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URL

Leave a comment

Name (required)

Mail (will not be published) (required)

Website