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Remember that kid who dreamed of being a writer? She’s still here. Join me for Lunch with the Writer You Used to Be—a two-hour writing workshop + lunch in Midtown Manhattan. You’ll leave with a clear plan, real momentum, and new creative connections.

Dorie Clark has given me many of lessons on her LinkedIn Learning classes and in her articles for Harvard Business Review, and last night she gave me a lesson in creative freedom.

The Freedom App takes away the choice to look at social media now or not, so you have the focus to write. As part of the “Nix distractions” element of the FINISH Framework, we give it to all our coaching students.

Enrollment closes Friday at 3 p.m. 2 seats left in The Finishing School for Writers. This small group offers structure, accountability, and a community of writers who understand what it feels like to want this badly and finally do something about it.

Bought a pair of nunchucks. Accidentally found a metaphor for writing. They started as farming tools—meant to feed people. Then life happened, and they became weapons. Sound familiar? Our voice begins as something creative. Then gets repurposed to survive the world.

How long have you been circling your writing goals? Maybe it's time to stop trying to do it alone. The Finishing School for Writers provides structure, support, and people who cheer you on and notice when you're not showing up.

Rejection makes our brains panic. They have As Alice Draper (host of My Rejection Story) told us: "Our survival, historically, has depended on being accepted by our tribe. So we don't want to be rejected because that part of our brain thinks the risk is just as high to send a pitch and get rejected

Cass came in my coaching program knowing how to write academically. What she wanted was to tell stories with authority and heart. She did a round of coaching with me, then came back for more, and then signed up again.

She's won an Emmy, but she couldn't get her book out of her head... for seven years. Then @ryanecunningham joined The Finishing School for Writers. She started showing up to our daily writing sessions, getting in community, and making plans in our goal-setting meetings.

Have you ever truly given yourself the accountability, community, and structure you need to finish your work? It took me years to gift this to myself, and only once I had it around me did I realize why I had wasted so much time languishing in drafts.

🎁 Want 30 minutes of free 1:1 coaching? I’m giving one session away during my free webinar Trauma Kitchen: Turning Struggles into Stories, on Wednesday, Sept 10 at 5 p.m. ET.

🎁 Want 30 minutes of free 1:1 coaching? I’m giving one session away during my free webinar Trauma Kitchen: Turning Struggles into Stories, on Wednesday, Sept 10 at 5 p.m. ET.

Non-writers: "Oh, cool." Writer friends: screaming, throwing confetti, plotting your book tour. That first acceptance hits different when the people around you actually get it.

Is an publication the end-all be-all? No Are you still a writer even when you get rejections? Yes Do I still shimmy when I get an acceptance? Hell yes.

Keep on submitting writers. #taylor #amwriting

POV: You finally have writer friends. Which means: 👉 Misery has company during revision season. 👉 Joy has company when you hit submit. 👉 And you don’t have to explain why you’re crying over a paragraph. Turns out, writing was never meant to be a solo sport.

🚨 New post is up at Freelancing With Tim! How do you go from pitching editors to having them text you assignments? That’s what I’m breaking down in my latest piece: Beyond the pitch: How to get editors to come to *you* Hint: it’s less “shark tank” and more “ice cream man.”

When my coaching student Callie got her first piece published, this was how it felt. Now I want to know your story: what was the last accomplishment that made you cry?

Thank you, Roxane Gay ❤️ This will keep me going for at least the next year #writingcommunity

What does it mean to be a Powerhouse Writer? Bethany McCamish is one! She and I keep hiring each other back and forth — she as my branding guru, me as her writing coach.

I’m still glowing from this weekend 🤩 I won 2nd place in the Suitcase Awards at the Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference. This year’s theme, “Travel as a force for connection in turbulent times,” reminded me of a story I had brewing, which Don George described thusly:

7 years ago today, Welcome to the Writer’s Life came into the world. It’s the book I wish I’d had when I was starting out, full of the habits, tools, and mindset shifts that turn “I want to write” into “I’m a writer.” If you’ve been waiting for a sign to start, this is it.

On my third attempt, finally got into the Advanced Narrative Workshop at the Book Passage Travel Writer’s Conference. 🙌🏻 Yet another time I almost didn’t apply because I didn’t think I had anything that would get me in. Don’t self-reject! Shoot your shot. #WritingCommunity #TravelWriting

🎉 7 years ago today! August 14, 2018 I got to launch my book baby into the world. Thank you to every reader, student, and fellow writer who’s kept this book alive and in conversation all these years.

When literary magazines opened last September, you almost submitted. But the story wasn’t quite ready. Or the deadline slipped by. Or life got in the way. This year, that changes. 📅 Sept. 1 is the biggest day of the year for literary submissions, and you’re going to be ready.

Not all rejections are equal. Some are a polite “no thanks.” Others come with a clue that your work stood out. That’s called a tiered rejection, a sign you made it past the first reader, maybe even reached an editor or were in the final rounds.

Have you ever had a dinner party where you just felt a-buzz afterward — the conversation was that good? That’s what Dinner for 8 feels like.

The new Powerhouse Writers: She’s bold. She's open. She leads with story, not perfectionism. Powerhouse Writers helps you honor that scribbling kiddo who dreamed of being a writer. We’re doing it. You’re doing it. For real. #powerhousewriters #writingcommunity #writers

We’ve grown. So has our look. Our wild colors and cartoon fonts had their season. Now, Powerhouse Writers wears something bolder: rooted in nature, grounded in strength, and alive with the energy you bring every day we write together. What hasn’t changed? Why we’re here:

Powerhouse Writers is getting a freshy-fresh makeover. The teal. The navy. The handwritten fonts. We loved them. But we’re not the same writers we were five years ago.

You’ve tried writing your way through on sheer willpower. And maybe it worked for a while. Until it didn’t. Harnessing ADHD’s Wild Horsepower starts today at 12 pm EST. You’ll get strategies that work with your brain, not against it, and the community to help you follow through.

How might it change how you saw your ADHD if you had a suite of experts to explain it to you? In Harnessing ADHD's Wild Horsepower, you'll get access to psychologists, coaches, authors, and entrepreneurs in the ADHD space.

Tomorrow, your writing life starts to change. Harnessing ADHD’s Wild Horsepower kicks off—with the ADHD-friendly systems, support, and structure I wish I’d had years ago. ✅ A creative community that gets it ✅ Tools that actually work for your brain ✅ Expert guest speakers

I wrote a viral essay about why every woman needs a f*ck-off fund. And then I kept waking up to overdraft alerts. Impulse buys. Forgotten bills. Guilt. Shame. It wasn’t because I didn’t care about money. It was because I had ADHD, and no system that worked with my brain.

If you’re a writer with ADHD, you already know the pattern: You have 15 new ideas before lunch. You almost finished but forgot the follow-up. You swear you’ll get more organized… and then the notes app entries multiply.

People say, “You’re so organized.” What they don’t see: The systems are fences. And they’re not hiding a pony. They’re keeping the Chaos Monster in. In this new Creatively ADHD interview, I share how I found out I had ADHD, why “just focus” never worked for me, and what finally did.

Before my ADHD diagnosis, I thought I just needed to try harder. To be neater. Quieter. More “disciplined.” The voice in my head? Relentless. Things I hated about myself: • Blurting things out • A racing mind • The mess • Nail biting • Oversharing • Feeling too much

Turns out I wasn’t lazy. I just had undiagnosed ADHD. In high school, someone said I could be doing better. "I was just... so..." and three friends chimed in: “Lazy!” And that is what I thought about myself.

Your friends might not understand why writing feels so hard. We do. If you’ve ever: 🧽 deep-cleaned grout instead of writing 📱 lost an afternoon to one scroll 📝 started a dozen drafts with nothing finished It’s so hard to explain, and yet it rules your life.

If your writing projects keep stalling out at 60%, this is for you. You don’t need to “do more.” You need a system that actually works for your brain. Join us today at 1:30 ET / 10:30 PT ✍️ Stop Drowning in Drafts: How ADHD Writers Use AI to Organize, Focus, and Finish 🎟️ Free. Practical. No fluff.

Today is a non-hotdog day. A non-sparkler day. A non-pool day. Unacceptable, says my brain. Well, I’m going to need you to accept it, says my bank account. If you’re staring at 87 tabs, trying to reboot your brain after a long weekend, here’s one thing that might actually help:

I feel so damn lucky to live in this country, and so distraught about the way our freedoms are being pecked away. I loved the way Terri described our interdependence and our independence. Stay strong, but stay connected. No one is an island. We need each other.

Got notebooks full of ideas, but can't remember the last time you actually finished anything? You’re not lazy. You’re not broken. You’re just stuck, and the shame spiral is only dragging you down further. Let’s change that.

Got notebooks full of ideas, but can't remember the last time you actually finished anything? You’re not lazy. You’re not broken. You’re just stuck, and the shame spiral is only dragging you down further. Let’s change that.

My latest story is about an apology from my mom I never wanted, and how it changed my world view. Grateful to share it as part of Change My Mind, the live storytelling experience created by the brilliant Christina Blacken. Thanks for having me, Christina and thanks to everyone who listened.

That story you started and couldn’t finish? It’s not gone. It’s just waiting. We call them Doom Drafts—the ones that make you feel like you’ll never be a “real” writer. But they’re not proof you’ve failed. They’re proof you care.

Come see me read the story that was this close 🤏🏻 to getting in Modern Love. What’s one moment that changed how you see the world? Change My Mind is back, one last time this summer. Six unforgettable storytellers. One powerful night of perspective-shifting, heart-opening truth.

Change begins with how we treat each other. What have we been taught about those moments where we are not being treated with respect?

Feeling stuck? Cramped in a role that used to fit, but now feels too small? Just like plants outgrow their pots, writers outgrow the structures that once held them. If your creative life feels pot-bound, it’s time to repot. Growth requires space—mentally, emotionally, and practically.