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10 Tips To Blast Past Your Blank Page

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Jami Fairleigh

The blank page can be one of the most intimidating things a writer faces. If you have a drawerful of pristine notebooks, you know exactly what I mean. But why? Yes, the blank page can mean limitless possibilities, success, and...Read More

Creative Fear

Posted on February 18, 2022 by Jami Fairleigh

This is creative fear: Your heart pounds and your palms sweat after you hand over your notebook, or pass around your pages, or hit send on your email. The words you've struggled over, the story you've crafted, your message, your...Read More

The Accountability Factor

Posted on September 10, 2020March 5, 2021 by Jami Fairleigh

I'm going to get it together. I am. Starting today. If you guys could read my diary you'd roll your eyes at how often I've said that over my lifetime. The sentiment is usually made with regards to my diet,...Read More

Click Here To Submit

Posted on April 10, 2018April 10, 2018 by Jami Fairleigh

Yesterday, I did something I hadn’t done since I was a child. I submitted a short story in a contest. The last time I did so, I won an entry to a young author’s conference, a signed copy of Jane Yolen’s...Read More

How Writing is like an Adventure Sport

Posted on March 5, 2018March 5, 2018 by Jami Fairleigh

I feel as though I’ve been jumping through hoops ever since deciding to write a book. Many of these hoops fully shove me out of my comfort zone. If you’ve read my About Me page, you may laugh. “You? You...Read More

Why Fear is My Friend (and probably yours too)

Posted on February 14, 2018February 18, 2022 by Jami Fairleigh

I have a friend named Fear, and a couple of frienemies that I’d like to introduce to you today. Their names are Doubt and Anxiety. I know, I know, all the advice out there says to clean house and purge...Read More

My Book is in a Box

Posted on January 19, 2018February 17, 2018 by Jami Fairleigh

It’s been a few weeks now since I finished the first draft of my book. Which means I’ve let it rest and now I’m supposed to start reading it. It sits yet in its protective box, the paper crisp and...Read More