Category: The Writer’s Life

Why is “Suddenly” Everyone on the Spectrum?

Why does it seem like suddenly everyone is on the spectrum? Everyone is ADD, ADHD, autistic? They aren’t. We just need a fresh perspective.

Neurodivergent Authors: Not Lazy or “Broken”

Being neurodivergent can give us major advantages as authors. That said, there are plenty of challenges that can go with our “gift.”

Change Happens: Acceptance vs. Resignation

Change is part of life. Anything that is living, should be growing (or even healing) which means it changes. Only dead things remain the same. This is true with people as well as industries.

Rejection: What is REALLY in Control?

darkest moment, fiction, Kristen Lamb

Rejection can be so devastating, that the emotional impact registers the same as physical pain. How do we get up? And keep getting up?

To the Pain: Is Writing a Career or a Hobby?

Pain is simply part of life. We have little control over most of what happens to us. This is true in life and in publishing.