The Relaxed Writer

Two Days to Write, Two Days to Query: a December coaching intensive, now enrolling!

Two days to write...

Two days to revise...

Two days to query...

Two days to finish a long-postponed writing project...

Two days to explore a new direction in your writing career...

If you're ready to jump-start your writing, I'm ready to help.

No matter how you want to use your time, I've created an inspiring, practical and effective coaching program to help you get your writing DONE before the new year.

Two Days to Write, my coaching and writing intensive, is now enrolling for December. 

If you'd the chance to learn and apply new productivity techniques with the help of a coach and the support of like-minded fellow writers, please check it out.  As of this writing, I've got 6 openings for the one-on-one, private coaching option.  If you'd like my direct support as you head into the new writing year, the Two Days to Write premium option is an affordable (and fun) way for us to work together.

Thanks for reading today.  I'm wishing you a productive rest of the year, no matter how you choose to pursue your writing goals.

Web Finds for Writers: Author Podcasts and a Little Laugh

Author Podcasts & Book Promo Opportunity (WritersCast.com)

Have you waded through the awesome audio archive over at WritersCast lately?  If you haven't yet stopped by, check out David Wilk's free 30-minute podcasts with poets, novelists and children's writers.   Recommended.

Browse around for talks on publishing and technology, too. 

If you have a book to promote, you may also want to pitch David for an interview yourself:

If you are a published author, and would like to be considered for an interview, reading or discussion, please contact David Wilk ([email protected]). Send a brief description of your work, and the kinds of things you might be interested in talking about on WritersCast. Or send a copy of your newest book to Booktrix, P.O. Box 3131, Westport, CT 06880 along with your contact information. We’ll get back to you in short order.

Good stuff.

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"The Ungoogleable Man" (TheNewYorker.com)

As for other web finds, did you see this cartoon from the March 22, 2010 issue of The New Yorker?  My husband (a "Techie?  Not so much." kind of guy), and I shared a big belly laugh over this one.  Thought you might enjoy it, too.

View slideshows of other New Yorker cartoons (grouped by issue) here.

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Back soon with a new blog series on photography and writing.  If you haven't yet signed up for The Relaxed Writer ezine, you can do so here:  www.CoachMarla.com - the next issue comes out within the week.

In the meantime, look forward to your comments and Tweets.  (@MarlaBeck)

Web Reads for Writers: Time Tips and Creative Juice for Poets, Fiction Writers

Today, a quick list of great web reads for writers on managing your time and juicing up your poetry or fiction.  First though, some info about recent posts you've seen here on The Relaxed Writer.

"Making More Time to Write" e-course

For the next three days, you'll be seeing more excerpts from my new time management e-course for writers, "Making More Time to Write."  

As a busy mom and solo entrepreneur, I know just how danged difficult it can be to make realistic plans (and follow through) with personal writing projects.  As a life coach for writers, I know that change--sustainable, productive change--really can happen.  And that one of the very best ways to start is by revamping the ways we think about "time" and "writing." That's where the e-course comes in.

I've created five brief email lessons to help you focus on YOUR OWN writing and to inspire you to think differently about your time and your writing.  So. This little email course is kind of like a work-week's full of free coaching from me. 

You're seeing e-course excerpts here on the blog for two reasons. Obviously, if you haven't already, I'm inviting you to join in and sign up. Secondly, each lesson features a brief interactive exercise.  Posting intentions and plans online is one way to participate, and the posts provide a "place" for folks to do just that.

So there ya go.  To learn more about "Making More Time to Write," visit the e-course webpage on CoachMarla.com.  Or, click here and send a blank email to get started.  You'll get five daily time management lessons and a complimentary subscription to "The Relaxed Writer" ezine, featuring coaching news and discounts not available here on the blog.

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Now for the Web Reads

>>A Dose of Time Management Mojo

Read time management interviews and tips, including an awesome quick time tip and my "How to Make the Most of an Off-Track Week" guest post, over at Make a Scene. 

>>A Shot of Poetic Inspiration

Listen to a free, two-hour poetry workshop led by Sage Cohen by clicking over to Writing The Life Poetic.

>>A Thought-Provoking Tool for Plotting Your Fiction

Explore "Hamlet = Cinderella.  Graphing Stories with Vonnegut," over on LiveWires.

Let me know what you think.  -Marla

image credit:  Drustar (Flickr)

Connect with Me on Twitter:  @MarlaBeck

Web Reads for Writers: "Why Hire a Coach?", "Why Social Media?" and More.

Welcome Urban Muse and Pen and Prosper readers!  Thanks for stopping by.

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>>Why Hire a Life Coach for Writers?

This week, Taylor over at Men with Pens made one of the best cases I've read in awhile for the power of coaching.   If you missed it, you can read about her mid-winter camping adventure and more in "Who Pushes You More?" and if you're so inspired, let me know if you're ready to explore coaching for your writing life.  Happy to help.

>>"I don't know how to publish an author who won't engage online."

Whoa.  If you're working on a book proposal and are still not convinced that developing your social media skills is a relevant, important element of developing your writing project, Debbie Stier's (HarperStudio, HarperCollins) quote makes an awfully convincing case, doesn't it? 

Read more in Iris Blasi's review of the "Get Noticed:  How to Earn Attention for Each Book" panel from the recent 2010 Digital Book World conference, held in late January in NYC.

>>Resources for Writers: meet a few of my friends.

In the past month I've connected with some talented -- and awesome -- new colleagues.  Take a moment to check out their writing blogs:

• Jordan Rosenfeld, Make a Scene
• Jennifer Brown Banks, Pen and Prosper
• Carol Tice, TiceWrites
• Emily Kischell, LiveWires

Be back soon with more advice and tips from The Relaxed Writer.  In the meantime, write well and thanks for being a part of my community.

-Marla (@MarlaBeck on Twitter)

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