#creativenervoussystem — Public Fediverse posts

Hey Authors, It’s Okay To Not Be Okay. Okay?
There's a lot going on in the world right now. There's the nonstop political shenanigans that give shenanigans a bad name, because those are supposed to be fun, right? There's exploding diarrhea because who doesn't want that in the heat of summer. And did I men
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We Write When We Are Safe
While I don't advise everyone to track their daily word count, for me it has been enlightening. With the exception of the times when I take a deliberate break from writing, such as what I'm doing the rest of this month to catch up on to do list things, it is a pretty easy way to t
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#AuthorYogiThoughts #CreativeNervousSystem #Creativity #Productivity #MentalHealth #productivity #safety #writing

Why You Can’t “Work Through” ADHD, Anxiety, Depression, etc.
A couple of weeks ago I received a newsletter from a BNA (Big Name Author), you know the kind who sells courses for $497 (or more!) who promise to tell you all the secrets to being a successful author(
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#AvoidingBurnout #CreativeNervousSystem #NeurodivergentAuthors #Productivity #ADHD #Anxiety #AuDHD #depression #MentalHealth

Selling Systems vs. Creating Systems (of Creative Care)
I subscribe to a lot of newsletters, in part because a lot of individuals are doing some amazing things within the writing community. It's innovative; it's interesting, and as someone who has been both on the publisher and on the au
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#CreativeNervousSystem #WritingBusiness #AvoidingBurnout #creativity #MentalHealth #SystemsOfCreativeCare

Books, Lies, and Black Friday
My inbox started to fill on Monday with the Black Friday sales. Today, I had to laugh when I got an email from a company that said it was the "last days" to buy something at 50% off, because you know what? They sent an email last week that said it was my
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Connection Between Yoga and Writing
The more I write and pay attention to my own creative nervous system and mental health, the more I realize that stress and the outside world, including the emotional toll it takes, plays a large role in how much I write, what I write, and when I write. This week is a great example. I've bee
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Sampling The Buffet of Creativity and Writing
Writing to me is more than putting words on the page. When I sit down to tell stories, I'm writing from the heart, from worlds that I want to live in and explore (unicorns!), and often from my most sacred ideals and beliefs. It's why I'm so focused on the cr
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#CreativeNervousSystem #Creativity #SpiritualityWriting #creativity #modalities #SpiritualBuffet

No One Knows Everything, Not Even Gurus
A few things collided for me recently. First, there's been an uptick in people trying to teach you their way to have a writing career that's sustainable and will help you avoid burn out. Except, they're all missing one key component.

Secondly,
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#AuthorYogiThoughts #AuthorCareer #authorpreneur #AuthorsMakingMoney #CreativeNervousSystem #SustainableCareer #writing

When Mental Health Triggers Collide With Your Writing
As writers we can choose what we write and when we write. So it seems a bit odd that we would write something that triggers our mental health if we didn't want to. And yet, that's exactly what happens when life, publishing circumstances, or even the prose itself, comes up against ou
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Disarming the “Not Enough” Trap
There's a common thread that runs through the disappointment that comes with low sales or publisher and agent rejections. When you submit a proposal for a conference and it doesn't get accepted or when you submit a resume for a job and you don't get hired, this same insidious phrase oft
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Regaining Writing Momentum After A Break
Maybe it's a weekend or a vacation from work, either way you have your goal in mind and are excited to see what you can achieve. Or maybe it's just a very ordinary day and you have a daily writing plan that...just never happens? Or there's a power outage (as happened to me th
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#CreativeNervousSystem #NeurodivergentAuthors #burnout #WritingHabit #WritingLifeBalance

Dealing with the Demons of the Publishing Unknown
One of the hardest parts of being an author is putting together a story that you are certain is amazing, offering it to the world and...nothing. Books that you expect to be flops may be successes, which isn't a bad thing at all. But the reverse, those books
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#CreativeNervousSystem #WritingBusiness #CreativeNervousSystem #fear #MentalHealth #worry

Living As an Author with Neurodivergent Overwhelm
More ideas than you could ever find time to write? Coming up with lists of things to do like updates to your author website, marketing tactics, or sites to check out to see if they can help you promote your book? The tumble of ideas can turn i
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How Do You Know When Not To Write?
When you consult your to do app, the next item on the list is "write" and often there's a word count attached. You open the file. You try to write, but you keep getting distracted, scrolling through social media or having other projects interrupt. What
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Finding Sustainable Writing With Your Creative Neurotype
There's a lot of talk in the publishing world today, at least in some quarters, about finding a sustainable way to create your author career. I'm all for that! I am one hundred percent behind sustainability as a path to being
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Removing Stress From Writing Is About Balance
I don't think I'm alone in saying that if I could just write and the stories would magically release and promote themselves then that would be an idea way to go. I've talked about how I made writing my "happy place", the self-care I do when life gets
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