There's something cruel about finally getting a good writing streak going right when the sun decides to show up. Suddenly the desk feels smaller, the document feels duller, and the garden/park/porch is calling your name. Do you find spring helps or hurts your writing? Or do you just take your laptop outside and pretend that counts? 😄

While editing my piece, I found more than a couple of words I tended to overuse. With some simple adjusting I found synonyms to break up the monotony. What are some of your overused words, tropes, concepts, etc.?

You open your draft. Read the first page. Suddenly it feels terrible, you delete a paragraph, rewrite the same sentence five times, close the document, you tell yourself you’ll fix it tomorrow. How many “almost finished” books do you have right now?

They cook, try new recipes, and share meals with friends — but when it comes to putting that experience into words, they get stuck. They post something online, maybe a recipe or a photo, and then… nothing really happens. No audience, no traction, and definitely no income. What most people don’t realise is that the difference isn’t the food — it’s the writing. When you know how to describe food properly, structure your ideas, and write in a way that actually connects with readers, everything changes. Your content becomes something people want to read, share, and even pay for. That’s exactly what I teach inside my Food Writing Academy — how to turn your love of food into writing that can genuinely make you money.

Not necessarily looking for easy way out. But looking to find out more about a topic or concept without getting up & out and physically asking those in the know. ie, serious topics like cancer diagnoses. Short of just making it up based on too much Lifetime TV, where does one find such experiences upon which to add depth & color to the piece?