24 Goals for 2024

It’s New Year’s Resolution time! Here are mine for 2024: Photo by Moritz Knöringer on Unsplash

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On Bite-Sized Writing

So I’ve been reading a lot of this guy lately…

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My Biggest Time-Saving Tips

I’ve talked about the advantages to having a day job, as well as which day job to choose, and so today I want to talk about the one big disadvantage to that day job…

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The Best TV Shows for Writers

I know that a good amount of writing advice out there includes a rule somewhere that says something like, “Turn off the TV and write”…

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The Sisters Who Travel Together

Continuing with my travel essays series, this week I bring you: how a week in the tower room of a French chateau with my sister taught me the secret to family harmony.

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A History of Journaling

I think I want to start journaling again, but I’m struggling with how.

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MK’s Book Reviews: Big Magic

I’ve finished one of my rare forays into nonfiction with Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert (she of Eat, Pray, Love fame), and…

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Wanderlusty Wednesday: A Series of Unfortunate Events (in Prague)

I’ve been reading a lot of personal essays on blogs lately, so I thought I’d try my hand at it. First up: my true-life story about why Prague sucks.*

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Silver Linings

I thought it was just the US that was getting scarier and scarier. Not so, apparently.

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Writers: On Your Day Job

Confession: when I first started writing *for real*, I honestly believed I only had a year or two of left of having to work a day job. “I’ll just stick it out until I finish this book,” I thought confidently. “I can deal with this until my glamorous writing career starts.”

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