Jan M. Flynn

Wait — you don’t talk to your brain? Are you sure? I mean, when you say things to yourself, often rather harsh things like, “Seriously?...

At the moment I’m awash in projects, all in some insistent stage of becoming: the novel that needs one more pass before I start querying...

At the moment I’m awash in projects, all in some insistent stage of becoming: the novel that needs one more pass before I start querying...

But I find it to be a tonic, a worthy challenge and a break from the solitary intensity of writing. I may be worn out at the end of the...

But I find it to be a tonic, a worthy challenge and a break from the solitary intensity of writing. I may be worn out at the end of the...

We live in a culture besotted with doing. We are devoted to breathless, full-tilt “I’ve been working crazy hours,” we’ll say to explain...

We live in a culture besotted with doing. We are devoted to breathless, full-tilt “I’ve been working crazy hours,” we’ll say to explain...

It’s possible that you were an angelic, secure child who drifted off to the Land of But it’s unlikely. Unless you were a highly unusual,...

It’s possible that you were an angelic, secure child who drifted off to the Land of But it’s unlikely. Unless you were a highly unusual,...

. . . write a novel in a month? I know, the idea is nuts! But that’s the idea behind the wildly successful National Novel Writing Month,...

. . . write a novel in a month? I know, the idea is nuts! But that’s the idea behind the wildly successful National Novel Writing Month,...

I’m grateful for all I gain from the time I spend with friends at various points along life’s road: the little kids, with their energy...

I’m grateful for all I gain from the time I spend with friends at various points along life’s road: the little kids, with their energy...

And now it won’t let you alone. It interrupts you while you’re at work or grocery shopping or running errands.  It makes you turn off the...

And now it won’t let you alone. It interrupts you while you’re at work or grocery shopping or running errands.  It makes you turn off the...

So I attended a high school reunion this weekend. It’s been a long time since I’ve been to a reunion, and much longer than that since I...

So I attended a high school reunion this weekend. It’s been a long time since I’ve been to a reunion, and much longer than that since I...

Two weeks ago I attended the 27th annual Mendocino Coast Writers Conference. I agonized months in advance about which of the ongoing...

Two weeks ago I attended the 27th annual Mendocino Coast Writers Conference. I agonized months in advance about which of the ongoing...

This week, my thanks to Kristen Lamb for her cogent (and amusing) observation on what may be stopping you from moving forward. Kristen...