by Kate Wallace | Feb 7, 2021 | Writing Advice
After nearly 20 years of writing professionally, I’ve faced many mental blocks to getting BIC (butt in chair) and pen to paper. Procrastination can take many forms. My favourite? Over-researching to avoid getting started. In this post, I’m sharing the biggest mindset struggles that keep peeps from writing.
by Kate Wallace | Jan 24, 2021 | Writing Advice
After a year like 2020, it’s hard to find the words to share your success story without coming across as braggy or insincere. Here’s how to share your wild successes tactfully online.
by Kate Wallace | Jan 10, 2021 | Writing Advice
So, the year-that-shall-not-be-named has finally ended and what did we learn from it? It’s hard to say. It’s going to take more than a couple of weeks to parse the impact the last 10 months have had on the world. But even in the early days of our next spin around the...
by Kate Wallace | Dec 13, 2020 | Writing Advice
The mini-lights are twinkling, the eggnog’s topped with rum, and the smell of pine boughs is in the air. This writer is feeling festive and—while Orange Phase restrictions have put a serious damper on my shopping this year—I’m sending you a stocking full of intangible, but valuable, gifts for your holiday writing projects and 2021 storytelling resolutions.
by Kate Wallace | Nov 15, 2020 | Writing Advice
You can learn as much about leadership, conflict, and human nature from classic literature as you can from the latest biz book. Here’s how it can help and what books to start with.
by Kate Wallace | Aug 23, 2020 | Writing Advice
I spent the first week of August this year on Prince Edward Island with my family. We rented a cute little cabin near bike paths, a legendary fish and chips stand, the bay and the beach. And this wasn’t the usual ‘vacation’ where I’d...