by Shari Shattuck | May 25, 2024 | art, authors, beauty, children, creative inspiration, family, Life in General, writers, writing
There are days, lots of them, when things seem so much harder than they need to be, and then I am reminded of how much worse some people have it and against all odds they remain optimistic, positive, and deeply enamored of life. We all have moods and difficulties,...
by Shari | Jun 4, 2016 | authors, creating character, creative inspiration, family, Life in General
I finished a draft of a new book and got it out to my agent this week, now he submits to publishers and we wait. This is always a strange limbo-time for me, when the book is picked up, I will go back to work on edits with the editor, about a six month process on and...
by Shari | Oct 4, 2015 | divorce, kids, writing
It’s a funny thing about beginning a novel. Sometimes you swim, sometimes you’re in over your head, and sometimes you have a slog for a while before you make that splash. The trick of course, is enjoying it all. Being creative comes easily to me,...
by Shari | Dec 8, 2014 | creative inspiration, family, Life in General, writing
It’s hard enough to write sometimes when everything is going smoothly in life, hard enough to keep a cheerful face with the everyday responsibilities and pressures of paying bills, being a mom, and running a household. So what about in times of great stress or...
by Shari | Dec 22, 2012 | Life in General
Quite often I am asked how to deal with writer’s block, and here is what I always say. I don’t believe in it. The fact is, you can always write something, it might not be a pulitzer prize winner or a smash bestseller, it might not even be anything very...
