by Shannon Dittemore | Jul 10, 2020 | Author Life, Creativity, Encouragement, Getting Published, Writing, Writing Life
There’s a question I get asked a lot. The question can take many forms, of course: What’s your favorite part of writing a book? What do you love about this job? Why do you choose to do this to yourself? Lots of incarnations, but really, the same question....
by Shannon Dittemore | May 29, 2020 | Author Life, Encouragement, The Craft of Writing, Writing, Writing Life
With three books on the shelf and another on the way, you’d think I’d have a few things about the creative life figured out. But the truth is, I’m always learning. And I think that’s how it’s supposed to be. During my time on the...
by Shannon Dittemore | Apr 24, 2020 | Creativity, Encouragement, Writing, Writing Life
Why do we compare ourselves to others? Why do we compare our victories and our failures to that of those around us? And why do we compare our writing journey to the road laid out for another? There are plenty of answers to these questions, but I suspect they all start...
by Shannon Dittemore | Apr 3, 2020 | Encouragement, Productivity, Writing, Writing Life
This is a strange season, is it not? We’re all holed up in our houses. Many of us are bored. Most of us are restless. And yet, it can be very challenging to focus long enough to get much writing done. If you weren’t doing your schooling at home prior to...
by Shannon Dittemore | Mar 27, 2020 | Encouragement, Goals, Writing, Writing Life
There’s an old poem with no title and an unknown author, and it opens like this: From an old English parsonage down by the seaThere came in the twilight a message to me;Its quaint Saxon legend, deeply engraven,Hath, it seems to me, teaching from Heaven.And on...
by Shannon Dittemore | Feb 7, 2020 | Author Life, Encouragement, Getting Published, Writing Life
About a year ago, I posted this article. As I’ve started and stopped, fallen and struggled with my current work in progress, the truths here have never felt more relevant. Rest easy, friends. We’re all learning to get back up again. For the past couple...
