Writing Contest First Place Winner!
We had a really tough time choosing our favorite writing contest submissions. However, in the end, we had to make a decision. In case you missed it, our third place Continue reading
Tag: Emerge
Confidence or Competence? What Women Writers Should Know
By Dr. Diane Rogers In the United States, women earn more college and graduate degrees than men. Women also make up half the U.S. workforce. Numerous studies show corporate profitability Continue reading
5 Tips For Resurrecting Confidence When Anxiety Pulls You Under
by Dr. Diane Rogers Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.” ~ Shakespeare I recently coached a successful author Continue reading
Tempted to Succumb to Self-Doubt?
by Dr. Diane Rogers Can This Be Real? Eleven years ago, I sat in a major international publisher’s office. Sweaty-palmed and butterfly-stomached, I gazed out over the sweeping harbor view Continue reading
The Year of No Excuses
by Dr. Diane Rogers You promise yourself 2018 is going to be different, but chances are, you’ve set goals in the past. In my experience, goal setting isn’t the problem. Continue reading
Creative Courage
by Diane Rogers Recently, I attended the Southern California Writers Conference. The “weekend of words” featured enriching presentations on both the business and craft of writing. It zeroed in on Continue reading
Books. A Summer Essential.
by Diane Rogers I’m vacationing aboard a sailboat in the Caribbean with my husband and a handful of others. Pristine, the environment invites stillness. Nature is poetic in her spaciousness. Continue reading
Abandoned by the Muse
by Diane Rogers in·spi·ra·tion noun 1. the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative. Recently, inspiration and I haven’t been connecting, and I’ve Continue reading
The Ecology of Truth
by Diane Rogers All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence you know. ~ Ernest Hemmingway, A Moveable Feast It has been said that Continue reading
How to Tame a Python
by Diane Rogers Do you love a sense of achievement but hate setting goals? If the mere thought of a concrete plan brings to mind Teutonic structure—an angular box to Continue reading