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************************************************************************ W R I T E R S O N T H E R I S E April 2006 Issue -- Theme: Overriding Bad Habits View the entire zine in all of its magnificence at... http://www.writersontherise.com/newsletterapril2006.html Give Christina Katz an electronic holler at.... Editor & Publisher: writersontherise@earthlink.net ************************************************************************ Subscribe/Unsubscribe at the bottom of this (brief) letter ************************************************************************ Letter From The Editor Dear Fellow Writers, I am writing this from the road. In fact, while sitting in a traffic jam driving north on I-5 near Everett, Washington. My husband Jason is driving, my daughter Samantha is sleeping, and I am reviving an old passion: Writing on a laptop. What has taken me so long to jump back on the laptop bandwagon? As I sit here typing, I haven’t the foggiest idea. But I’m sure glad I climbed back on board now. That’s right, Writer Mama is due in one month. Nothing like a deadline to get the creative juices flowing, right? Actually, they’ve been flowing all along, it’s just that a book is a much larger project than what I’m used to and it’s easy to get my ideas tied into knots if I think about them too much. But the beauty of writing on a laptop (as I’m sure many of you know) is that it’s easy to get some fresh air blowing through my sometimes-cramped brain. I am not sure whether or not this breeze is going to improve my writing, but it sure feels good. Writers suffer from many bad habits and I am prone to all of them: procrastination, disorganization, distraction, overwork, and underwork, just to name a few. You may be surprised to hear my solution to bad habits… It’s not to try to “lose” them or “get rid of” them. Rather it's to remember good habits and put those in motion to override the bad ones. For example, I am a big Artist’s Way fan going way back. And I’ve always found that the three simple tools for creatives that Julia Cameron recommends work well for me. These three magic wands are Morning Pages, Artist Dates and Walking. Morning Pages are three pages of stream-of-consciousness writing. Artist's Dates are a couple of hours of frivolous fun. And I’m pretty sure everyone knows what walking is. The key to creative unblocking, for me, is to keep finding my own rhythm in the face of new challenges and circumstances. And luckily these tools work so well that the payoff (and the relief) is immediate, as well as lasting. Try them instead of, or in addition to, any of your bad habits and you'll soon feel a cool breeze blowing through your brain just as surely as I do now that we are beyond the traffic jam and zipping up the highway en route to our destination! I'd like to introduce you to our grammar guru, Elizabeth Short. She'll be helping us improve the quality of our writing through her monthly column "Polish Your Prose." Kristin Bair has the month off, as she's just arrived in Shanghai, China (a bit dizzy and jet-lagged) where she'll be living for the next two years. And as a special treat, Moira Allen, from Writing-World.com teaches us how to revive our muse by creating a personal publishing project on Lulu.com. If you have ever considered self-publishing of any kind, you won't want to miss this three-part article! I hope this issue will shake some of the droop out of your delayed dreams and put some spring back where it belongs – in your plan for a successful and pleasurable writing career. In the writing spirit, Christina Katz View the entire zine by clicking on the links above or below... ************************************************************************ W R I T E R S O N T H E R I S E April 2006 Issue -- Theme: Overriding Bad Habits View the entire zine in all of its magnificence at... http://www.writersontherise.com/newsletterapril2006.html Give Christina Katz an electronic holler at.... Editor & Publisher: writersontherise@earthlink.net ************************************************************************ Sincerely, Christina Katz Author, Speaker & Writing Instructor Editor & Publisher writersontherise@earthlink.net Writers On The Rise, Create the Writing Career You've Imagined! Most recent newsletter: http://www.writersontherise.com/newsletter.html Upcoming E-mail Classes: http://www.writersontherise.com/classes.html Free content for your e-zine by Christina Katz: http://www.writersontherise.com/reprints.html Coming February 2007: Writer Mama, How To Raise A Writing Career Alongside Your Kids For Writer's Digest Books http://www.christinakatz.com http://www.thewritermama.com Copyright (c) 2006 Christina Katz ---------- Thank you for joining us! Subscribe: 91126-subscribe@zinester.com Thank you for spending time with us! Unsubscribe: 91126-unsubscribe@zinester.com |
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