There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed. ~Ernest Hemingway How hard can it be, this writing thing? As a professional writer, I often hear non-writers suggest that copywriting must be easy for me since I am so good at it. That writing, for a writer, has got to be painless, just something we do naturally, like breathing. That a short project shouldn't take too long to complete because there are so ...

8/24 Update: The Merry Inksters is opening again soon! After taking a summer hiatus, The Merry Inksters support and accountability group for nonfiction writers is ready to open its virtual doors on September 15, 2012. If you are a blogger, author, writer, or an entrepreneur who needs to write (but you don't necessarily call yourself a writer), this group is for you! Read more below and get on the priority notification list. Tell me: Are you a nonfiction writer struggling to stay focused? ...

Smart entrepreneurs make smart decisions. This woman was no exception. I was recently chatting with a potential client about her process to revamp and rebrand her website and shift the focus to the current services that she provides. As we talked, she told me about her desire to make sweeping changes—colors, logo, overall feel and look, and, of course, the perfect content that would speak to her clients. In an effort to do something, anything, she decided to just change the header on her site—you know, jazz the space up ...

You want to write a book. You have a book in you and it desperately needs to come out. You’ve thought about this for a long time. You have ideas, great ideas. Maybe your book idea is an autobiography, a how-to, a tell-all, or some other genre that needs to see the light of day. You want to write it, you know you must, but…it’s freaking scary! Every time you sit down, you sit down and stare. At the screen. At the ...