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External validation (or, I won, I won, I won!)
For several weeks, I’ve mulled over how to share the biggest announcement in my writing career to date (translation: I’ve been procrastinating as usual). Do I write some important-sounding essay on how you should put yourself and your writing out there, because doing so might just pay off? Should I announce it like a press release, making sure to include the phrase, “award-winning author” at least twice? Should I dip my head demurely and modestly thank everyone from God to my fourth-grade teacher the way actors do at the Oscars? Nah. I’m going to squee all over this dang post like a thirteen-year-old with her first boyfriend. I won. I…
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10 Tips for Improving Your Academic Writing
Thanks to Louis at Thematically Meandering: Learning to Write for the opportunity to write a guest post. Head on over there to to read my post, 10 Tips for Improving Your Academic Writing, and while you’re there, check out some of Louis’ great work.
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#NaNoInspo: Write Badly
My November post for the Insecure Writers Support Group Blog Hop is all about writing badly. Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is the main obstacle between you and a shitty first draft. — Anne Lamott, Bird By Bird. A quick Google search on “Anne Lamott shitty first draft,” reveals that lots of bloggers have written about this quote and the importance of writing badly. Now I could do the responsible thing, and find another topic, or I could just carry on anyway, because I really want to write about writing badly.…