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The Secret to Showing Over Telling

⁣⁣While writers can squabble past sundown over the merit of much writing advice, there’s one tip everyone agrees on...⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣

Nov 29, 2021

The Secret to Showing Over Telling

Nov 29, 2021

Catherine Toops

How Can I Make Art When My Heart is Heavy from all the Hate & Headlines?

Here’s why your art has never mattered more

Oct 23, 2023

How Can I Make Art When My Heart is Heavy from all the Hate & Headlines?

Oct 23, 2023

Catherine Toops

Could Micro-dosing be the Secret to Establishing a Daily Writing Habit?

How to go from being a practicing writer to a prolific one without feeling paralyzed by the daunting journey ahead…

Oct 17, 2023

Antique typewriter with a page that says, “Write something!”

Oct 17, 2023

Catherine Toops

The Authors You Admire Are Crazy

The authors you look up to are crazy. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ They butt heads with perfectionism and procrastination.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ They’ve got imposter…

Sep 12, 2023

The Authors You Admire Are Crazy

Sep 12, 2023

Catherine Toops

The Cure for Anxiety That Also Fixes Writer’s Block

Many artists are intimately aware of these bedfellows, but do you know how to tango with them instead of being tortured by them?

Jun 14, 2023

The Cure for Anxiety That Also Fixes Writer’s Block

Jun 14, 2023

Catherine Toops

How Authors Succeed Despite All The Sh*tty Advice That Comes Their Way

⁣⁣⁣ “The market is saturated.”⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ “You can’t make money selling books… and even if you did, your publisher would take it all.”⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣…

Mar 1, 2023

How Authors Succeed Despite All The Sh*tty Advice That Comes Their Way

Mar 1, 2023

Catherine Toops

The Value of Turning Your Pain into Power

There’s only one thing more uncomfortable than turning your pain into power and that’s Not turning your pain into power. ⁣ The question is…

Feb 28, 2023

The Value of Turning Your Pain into Power

Feb 28, 2023

Catherine Toops

How to Prepare Yourself for the Hardest Parts Of Change (so you can avoid the sneaky saboteurs you…

It’s one thing to start the new year with the best of intentions, but how will you face the danger that lurks around every corner… ⁣

Jan 5, 2023

How to Prepare Yourself for the Hardest Parts Of Change (so you can avoid the sneaky saboteurs you…

Jan 5, 2023

Catherine Toops

How to make resolutions that set you up for success instead of stress…

The countdown is on, and ambitious creatives the world over are attempting to conjure unprecedented levels of willpower so they can…

Dec 28, 2022

How to make resolutions that set you up for success instead of stress…

Dec 28, 2022

Catherine Toops

On Measuring Progress at the Merriest Time of Year

End-of-year pressure can warp your perspective. Here’s a healthy way to reflect on your year and feel hopeful for the future even if you…

Dec 23, 2022

On Measuring Progress at the Merriest Time of Year

Dec 23, 2022

Catherine Toops

Catherine Toops

Author, writing coach, and bliss follower. I help driven creatives write more, write better, and write books.

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