by Cathy Yardley | Writing Life
How do you keep writing? So… how are you doing? In the past week, especially if you live in the U.S., things have been… chaotic, to say the least. For some of us, there is an active despair. Demoralization, depression, rage, grief, all there in a...
by Cathy Yardley | Writing Life
We acknowledged that we were in burnout. We stopped the immediate downward spiral, finishing the stress cycles. We worked on identifying what was keeping us in quickstand. From there, we triaged as much as we could out of our schedules, slashing away at commitments...
by Cathy Yardley | Writing Life
What’s your plan for 2024? In the next few weeks, you’re going to probably see a lot of things about goal setting. Whether they’re calling it resolutions, or planning out next year, or asking “what are your goals for 2024?” it all amounts to the same thing:...
by Cathy Yardley | Craft, Promotion, Writing Life
What does “playing to win” mean? This one’s gonna be a rough one, gang. But it’s important. I love the movie The Replacements. (Largely due to Keanu Reaves, not gonna lie.) But there is a great line in it, where the coach played by Gene...
