Are you feeling any pain, numbness, and tingling in the thumb, index finger, middle finger, and the thumb side of the ring fingers. Are you a writer? Well then maybe you are experiencing carpal tunnel syndrome – writers curse. As those are the signs and symptoms. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome – Writers Curse Why do I…
Author Interview: Leah Griffith
I have been reading Leah Griffith‘s blog, Eating Life Raw, for a while now. When she announced, last year, that her book, Cosette’s Tribe had been published, I knew I had to read it. What I wasn’t prepared for was a book that would touch my heart so deeply and keep me awake for two…
Why We Write #WritingWednesday
Why do you do what you do? As a writer, why do you write? What is the purpose of spending sleepless hours putting words together to form sentences that form into paragraphs, and eventually lead to a story or idea? They say that writing is a penniless job. You’ll get more rejections and criticisms than…
Quotes for the Struggling Writer #WritingWednesday
People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily. That’s a famous quote from Zig Ziglar. How apt for the struggling writer or artist, right? How fitting for us who strive to be better with our craft but is always bombarded by distractions, trials, and challenges…
8 Simple Ways to Journal Effectively
Whether you are safekeeping your memories, documenting your day to day activities, saving your ideas, or harnessing your writing skills, keeping a journal is the best way to do it. Some people keep a journal to note of their milestones, or for sentimental reasons, while others do it for writing practice. Are you interested to…
Food that Can Help You Write Better
We need books to sharpen our minds and help us write better. Humans as we are though, we writers also need food to nourish our bodies—especially our brains. Our parents used to tell us to eat a specific type of food to help us focus on our school works. So what are these foods that…