by MontanaCoauthor | Sep 12, 2018 | Writing Process Tips
I’ve had a lot of client inquiries about the not-so-simple task of managing all the physical paper we still use in the writing process–and how to manage multiple digital draft files too. Here are the tools I use to help organize myself on a daily basis. Index...
by MontanaCoauthor | Aug 21, 2018 | Writing Process Tips
The old Zen Koan appears to hold true: The way you do one thing, is the way you do everything. To help me get out of my office once in a while, I am completing coursework for a Permaculture Design program. For the moment, that means I’ve developed a number of...
by MontanaCoauthor | May 17, 2018 | Writing Process Tips
All of my clients struggle with writer’s block at some point, and they can become frustrated with themselves over their “procrastination”. But sometimes writer’s block is intelligent. Sometimes the subconscious needs to tell us something through that block. Gentle...
by MontanaCoauthor | Apr 18, 2018 | Sketchbook, Writing Process Tips
Click here for Part 1 of this Q&A Isn’t it awful to work so hard on a book and not have your name on it? No actually. As mentioned before, I’ve written about topics regarding which I have no personal authority. I’ve ghostwritten for doctors, architects,...
by MontanaCoauthor | Mar 19, 2018 | Sketchbook, Writing Process Tips
Click here for Part 2 of this Q&A How did you become a ghostwriter? I’ve worked as both a writer-for-hire and freelance magazine writer for 20 years. While still in college in Minnesota, I wrote public relations (PR) articles for the American Refugee Committee....
by MontanaCoauthor | Dec 8, 2017 | News, Writing Process Tips
Disclaimer: I hope you can hear the humor and love in my tone with this one. If you’ve said any of these things to me in the past, truly you’re forgiven. I’ve made these mistakes myself before I knew what it was like to be on the receiving end. Now I know. And you...