HeyJaredWriting in Motherhood
I'm a writer, indie author, and book coach in the San Francisco Bay Area. I love empowering moms to share their stories with the world.
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Is your novel getting intentional time in your day... or only leftover time? (opens the original)
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You want to finish your novel. You think about your characters while you’re driving to work. You have scenes you want to write and ideas you don’t want to forget. You keep telling yourself that writing matters to you.But when it comes to your actual day-to-day life, writing often gets whatever time is left over.You’ll write after you finish work. After you make dinner. After the kids are in bed. After you clean up the kitchen. After you answer that email. After you fold the laundry.And then sudd
Writing myths that are keeping you stuck (opens the original)
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There are a lot of messages floating around in the writing world.Write every day.Get an MFA.Plan everything before you start.Most of these ideas are shared with good intentions. But I’ve noticed that many of them end up making writers feel like they’re doing something wrong when they’re actually making perfectly reasonable progress.So today I want to challenge three myths that I see holding writers back over and over again.The first is the belief that you need to write every day or spend hours w
Why every writer loses motivation (and how to keep going) (opens the original)
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Tell me if this sounds familiar: you have a great idea for a story. You’re excited about it, you’ve started outlining, you’ve written a few chapters, and everything feels full of possibility. Then one day, that excitement starts to fade.Suddenly you’re questioning the story. You’re wondering if the outline still works. You’re not sure where the plot is going anymore. Maybe you’re even starting to wonder if this book is worth finishing at all.If you’ve experienced this, I have good news: You’re n
How I finally started calling myself a writer (opens the original)
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One of the biggest gifts that publishing my books gave me wasn’t a bestseller ranking, positive reviews, or even the joy of holding a finished book in my hands.It was the confidence to call myself a writer.That confidence didn’t appear overnight. It was built through the process of writing, publishing, and then doing it again. And again. And again.When I decided to self-publish my first cozy mystery, it wasn’t because I thought it was the easier path. It was because I wanted to get my story into
Stop waiting for the perfect writing routine (opens the original)
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I think a lot of us believe that if we could just find the right writing routine, everything would click into place. We’d write consistently, stay motivated, and finally finish our novels.The problem is that we’re often looking for a routine that’s perfect. We want something that works regardless of sick kids, busy work weeks, family obligations, travel, or our own energy levels. And honestly, that’s an impossible standard.Real life doesn’t work that way.If you’re a mom, you’ve probably experien
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