Who cares what I write?
This passage caused me to pause and reflect. I get wrapped up in my own writing; of course it’s interesting …
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A writer’s little helper: The space break
I was working with a writer the other day, giving her some feedback on a long essay. She had used …
Use rejections to treat yourself!
I’m in the process of querying my manuscript and that means getting a lot of rejections. It takes patience to …
The dirty little “D” word
How often have you said, “It’s just easier if I do it myself!” It’s hard to give up control, I …
What are you willing to fight for?
What do you need to go after with fearless tenacity? For me, it’s my writing career. I’m done looking at …
Sometimes you just need to get away
I spent 36 hours over the weekend doing nothing but working on manuscript revisions. Well, I did sleep and take …
Words out in the world (sort of)
Ah, progress. I reached a milestone this week when I finished a decent draft of the first two parts of …
An archeological dig in my home office
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rachael Hanel (@rachael_hanel) Cleaning out my home office was like going …
Writing, reading, and Marla Gibbs
I’ve returned to my Camilla Hall manuscript now that the academic year is over. I don’t have anything profound to …
Sorry, trees!
Sometimes a writer just has to make hard copies.
If You Have Five Seconds to Spare 