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Reading to Learn

By on September 12, 2012 in 4. Writer’s Life, Inspiration and Life Coaching, Alena Tauriainen, Nurturing the Soul

Hi, Everyone! Las­­­­­­­­­t month, I gave up. Seriously. The kids were rambunctious, work was calling and I put the dogs in the garage hoping they wouldn’t find anything there to bark about. On this day I wasn’t conquering writing in the midst of all of the noise and happenings of a family. All the teenagers, their friends, several nieces and nephews and the family friends were at my house.  Unplanned.  They brought all the fun, noise and interruptions that go along with so many kids in one place.  When I did an actual count there were twelve kids at my house. So I was in a quandary.  What could I accomplish today? Aha!  I could read to learn. Through the years I’ve found I can read and block out distractions! So […]

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Attending a writers conference: the hidden costs

By on September 11, 2012 in 3. Publish your Story, 4. Writer’s Life, Inspiration and Life Coaching, 7. Search by Author:, Alena Tauriainen, Encourage Me!, Special Teams, Writing Conferences

A note from Susie May: Alena Tauriainen is one of my favorite aspiring authors – she’s a hard worker, creative and has a heart to press on in this journey. She is also the MBT Retreats Hostess and writes a series for the MBT Blog called, “The Next Step,” about the small steps an aspiring author makes every day that add up to a finished novel. I asked her to blog today on her perspective on attending a writers conferences when you’re early in the journey. Thank you, Alena! ***** Many of my writing friends told me attending a writing conference was the next step on my writing journey. I shrugged them off. After all, I was learning to schedule time in to write, reading blogs and other various articles […]

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Techniques for Layering Emotion into a scene: Other People

By on September 10, 2012 in 2. Create Your Story, b. Building a Scene, Editing Basics, How do I write Emotions?, How to WordPaint, Susan May Warren, Truth or Dare: Conversations with an aspiring novelist

“Hi Susie. Um, Susie?” Sally sat down in a chair opposite me, handed me a coffee. “Kathy said you’d forgotten this.” I took it, tearing my eyes from the woman I’d been watching across the room. She wore a pair of sweatpants, the baggy kind, an oversized sweatshirt and a bandanna over her hair. Curled up in a leather chair, she was drinking coffee while buried in a novel. I sighed. “I want to be her. Just take a day off and read.” “That’s apparent, by the look on your face,” Sally said. “I know you’ve been busy these past few weeks – hello, I completely feel abandoned, but you look like you want to go rip that book from her hands, push her out of the chair and take […]

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Building Your Tribe, Part Two: What’s in it For You?

By on September 8, 2012 in Encourage Me!, Life Coaching, Reba Hoffman

I get it. You’ve already got so much on your plate, it’s rolling off and onto the floor. The last thing you need is another task to do in your already jam packed day, right? Well, yeah! But tribes aren’t a burden. They’re the ones who come behind you and clean up all that stuff that just fell off your plate and splattered onto the kitchen tile. If you’re thinking of your tribe as another task, let me encourage you to change your mindset. Think Native Americans. Not those who lived in cabins and homes in the Smoky Mountains, but those who lived in teepees and wandered around the plains of the Midwest in search of buffalo. They were never without help. They banded together. When one was weak, others […]

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