If you can get a sentence down, then a paragraph, then an essay, and maybe an entire manuscript, this is the season to be grateful. While 81 percent of the public says they want to write a book, most of them never get to that point. Because it’s hard.
At a workshop I conducted recently, one of the students said she hasn’t been able to write a blog post for the last four months. I have wrestled with my critic for more than 30 years of being published, and it is still a struggle. I can relate.
So this holiday season, I’m grateful I can produce the words. Being grateful, it turns out, is a mood changer. The other day I heard [Read more…] about Being Grateful — And Happier!