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7 Ways to Build Your Writing Confidence
I’ve been lying to you. And I’ve been lying to myself. See Jane Write is not actually about writing. Sure, I host group writing sessions and critique workshops for See Jane Write Collective members. I...
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How Writing Challenges Can Boost Your Writing Confidence, Commitment, and...
April 8-28 See Jane Write will host a FREE 21-day writing challenge that I’m calling The Write Start. I believe it is my calling to help women writers and bloggers take the first step they need to...
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How to Make Time to Write and Blog
When it comes to the question of how to make time to write and blog I’ve realized I’ve been too easy on you. Until now, I’ve simply challenged you to write every day, even if it’s just one page or...
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Magic City Poetry Festival 2019 starts April 4
Get your own Magic City Poetry Festival t-shirt at any of this year’s event. Since last year’s inaugural Magic City Poetry Festival founder Ashley M. Jones has been busy. She’s been busy publishing...
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Girl, Stop Procrastinating!
Last month I read Rachel Hollis’ new book Girl, Stop Apologizing and it has me ready to write a book of my own — Girl, Stop Procrastinating! Girl, if you really want to be a writer you have to write!...
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Why I’m Attending SPARK Writing Festival
Could the inaugural SPARK Writing Festival help me with my imposter syndrome? This is a question I asked myself as I was deciding whether or not I would sign up for SPARK, a five-day writing...
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How to Make the Most of Writing and Blogging Conferences
Are you feeling burned out on writing and blogging conferences? I’m not! And here’s why — this past weekend I had the opportunity to speak at and attend the Southern Christian Writers Conference for...
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How to Be a Writer in Birmingham
In 2009 — after living in Berkeley, California; Seattle, Washington; and Louisville, Kentucky — I returned to my hometown of Birmingham, Alabama to teach. Despite the fact that I’d left a job as a...
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How to Create Your Writing S.P.A.C.E.
There was a time when my writing space was a Pinterest-worthy home office that dazzled my guests. The white color scheme with pink accents and trendy art prints that cover the wall came together...
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On Designing the Writing Life You Desire
Last week I attended SPARK Writing Festival at the University of Alabama at Birmingham with one goal: get the information and inspiration I need to finish my manuscript. I have a book I’ve been...
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What Edgar Allan Poe Can Teach Us About Writing
Editor’s Note: If you ever stepped foot into my classroom when I was a high school English teacher then you know I love Edgar Allan Poe. Every October I would have my students dive into his poetry and...
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Blog Your Book with #BlogLikeCrazy
Can #BlogLikeCrazy help you — and me — blog a book? If you’re trying to decide if you should do NaNoWriMo or #BlogLikeCrazy next month, there is a way you could do both. Sort of. You could blog your...
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NaNoWriMo Tips from the See Jane Write Network
At See Jane Write headquarters, November is all about #BlogLikeCrazy, my annual challenge to myself and other bloggers to publish a new blog post every day for 30 days. But many women of the See Jane...
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Write Your Way to the Life of Your Dreams
On the day I turned 11 years old, I decided I wasn’t a kid anymore. I decided I was a woman. Typing those words makes me laugh out loud. But looking back on that day I realize that even though...
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Write Like a Girl: A Manifesto
To become the woman you want to be, you have to remember the girl you used to be. You have to write like a girl. Wake up early or stay up late to pen your poetry and your prose. Write for the love of...
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On Writing, Walking, and Harriet Tubman
When black women walk, things change. This statement was running through my mind as I watched the movie Harriet opening weekend. Starring Cynthia Erivo, Harriet follows the legendary life of Harriet...
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Why I Write About My Insecurities
No makeup. No filter. My double chin. My belly bulge. My flabby arms. The wrinkles around my eyes. These are all things I’ve let hinder my blogging career at some point. I’m not doing that photoshoot...
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There Was Poetry Everywhere in Ensley
There was poetry everywhere in EnsleyI just didn’t see it. I didn’t see it in the treesThat I climbed Faster than all the boys. I didn’t see in the honeysuckle Growing along the back alley fence. I...
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Write Like Everybody’s Reading
We’ve all heard the saying “Dance like nobody’s watching,” but the other day while scrolling Instagram I saw a quote posted by Launch Pad Publishing that truly stuck with me — “Write like everybody’s...
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How to Read Like a Writer
Good writers read good writing. I say this a lot. People often ask me what they can do to improve their writing and this is always my answer (along with regularly practicing your craft). Stephen King...
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