Sometimes we must complete tasks and just accept that the maintenance job is never done! Unlike my 24-year-old daughter who starts to get jittery if she’s at home for more than two days, I’m a homebody who also needs some social interaction every couple of weeks. As a writer, book publisher and interior designer I …
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The Gifts of Self Isolation
The gifts of self isolation should not be minimized could even be a blessing in disguise! Whether you’re at home with your thoughts and fears, or with loved ones, all we can do is be proactive, positive and appreciate every minute here on earth. How? I thought you may like to hear about my own …
Writing Diva’s 7 Tips to Success
Are you the Diva, or Divus, of your own destiny? Do you want to start your transformation, your new habits, your fresh and positive thinking? Do you yearn to break into the elusive world of being a published author? Then make yourself accountable to your writing goals now. Incorporate these writing Diva’s 7 tips to …
Publishing Contract From Dream To Reality
The very first proposal I pitched to a big publisher on the phone got me a non-fiction contract within a few months. What I must admit in the same breath, however, is how long it took to plan and set my goals to make my dream of getting published become a reality. When after all …
A Writer? Who Me?
Have you asked yourself the following questions: A writer? Who me? What makes a writer? What makes an outwardly normal person, like me, want to coop myself up in a room with only a computer (and maybe some music) for company, creating, dreaming and talking to imaginary characters in a world that does not exist outside my …
Bite of the Rattlesnake
Discover how to avoid or at least manage the bite of the rattlesnake in your writing career … The venom of rejection could maim – if not kill – your love of writing, or of ever being creative in any way again. To help other unsuspecting authors from suffering a similar fate, I write about how …
From Tanya Freedman’s Desk
Welcome to the revamped website of Tanya Freedman! A one stop place for all your creative talent and artistic passions. Here I’ll offer my musings about anything creative, be it art, interior design or writing (both fiction or non-fiction). Take a tour of the website and decide which creative talent or dream you want to …
Ann Richards’ Take on Writing Style
Guest Blog Ann Richards is one of Tanya’s critique partners and long time friends. Writing hot steamy romances under the pseudonym Anya Delvay, Ann also regularly contributes to trade magazines on the love of writing, and constantly improving the craft. Tanya is honored to call her a friend as well as critique partner. Even being separated …