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Jann Alexander
2 days ago5 min read
Debunked: Top Five Excuses Writers Give For Not Using Scrivener
Here’s why Scrivener can easily become your go-to tool for organizing your research and writing and pictures.
Jann Alexander
2 days ago2 min read
The Irony of Surpassing Yourself
It’s ironic many extra words writers have to cut once they hit the magic length historical novels are: 100,000 - 120,000. Cue the angst.
Jann Alexander
4 days ago5 min read
Three Things Scrivener Can Do You Probably Haven’t Thought Of
Whether you’re a Scrivener power user or a beginner, here are a few things Scrivener can do that you probably can’t do without.
Jann Alexander
Nov 182 min read
Do Rainy Days Get You Down?
Do rainy days always get you down, or are they the best days for creativity?
Jann Alexander
Sep 14 min read
How Do You Start What You’re Afraid To?
Knowing when to stop writing is a lot easier than starting to write in the first place. But it's simple: You just have to show up.
Jann Alexander
Dec 2, 20232 min read
Creativity Works … When You Work
Don’t fight it. Creativity is a choice. Once you make it, the ups, and the downs, are the fun part.
Jann Alexander
Mar 10, 20232 min read
What It’s Like
"The work never never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with" — William Faulkner
Jann Alexander
Oct 29, 20223 min read
What Happens When You Let Go
When you let go, you create space for something else to move in to your life, as Holiday Mathis told me in my horoscope.
Jann Alexander
Apr 29, 20222 min read
Requirements for Writing Fiction
Embrace your dual gifts: you can inhabit two worlds, and you can slide between them with ease. It’s just what writers do.
Jann Alexander
Feb 24, 20213 min read
Prescription for a Creative Funk
To ignore a creative funk is to imperil your creative stamina. Here's out to take a time out to tend to your creative soul.
Jann Alexander
Jul 31, 20162 min read
When The Narrow View Widens Out, It Becomes Universal
The Narrow View | iPhoneography by Jann Alexander © 2016 Behind the camera lens, you’ve got a choice. Your view can be narrow, focused...
Jann Alexander
Feb 26, 20162 min read
In A Wine State Of Mind
Mind in a State of Wine | iPhoneography by Jann Alexander © 2016 It’s been that kind of week. You know the kind. You’ve worked out hard...
Jann Alexander
Feb 21, 20162 min read
15 Ways To Succeed While You’re Hunting Agents
You’ve finished your epic novel and you’re querying agents. (You haven’t written an epic novel? No matter. Applying for a job? Same...
Jann Alexander
Dec 30, 20152 min read
2015 Measured By What You Liked Best
You voted with your eyeballs for your favorite Pairings this year ( Thank You! ), and your eyes revealed that my posts about the creative...
Jann Alexander
Aug 24, 20154 min read
All Heart and Soul: Anna Blake’s Memoir
Lifesavers: Stable Relations Nubè and Clara Anna Blake ©2015 Her heart had been broken , in many places, when she threw herself...
Jann Alexander
Jun 23, 20154 min read
Making the Call: Go Big or Go Indie?
David Beheads Goliath, 1650 by Guillaume Courtois [ Public domain via Wikimedia Commons ] When you’re nearing the finish line with...
Jann Alexander
Jun 19, 20152 min read
RGB? CMYK? Funny You Should Ask
What RGB Means To Me Here’s what RGB means to me today: My cranky Epson R1800 printer demanded more difficult-to-find $20 ink cartridges...
Jann Alexander
Jun 16, 20152 min read
Top 5 Things a Writer Learns at a Publishing Conference
Ah, elixir of life: I Need Coffee by Jann Alexander ©2014 1. Bring your own coffee. There may be none. Even if there is, there will...
Jann Alexander
Jun 14, 20152 min read
Platform. Got One? You Need One.
What You Need: An Author Platform by Jann Alexander ©2015 “Platform is a very helpful thing.” — Karlyn Hixson, St. Martin’s Press ...
Jann Alexander
May 6, 20153 min read
The Three Critical Blogging Chores You’ve Probably Ignored
If you have ignored these three simple , but essential, chores to maintain your blog’s health, you’ve ignored them at your peril. The...
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