It’s time to rewind through some of the best blog posts of the week related to writing, books, creativity – and sometimes just some other fun but random stuff. Each Friday I link to my favorite posts of the week so you have another chance to catch an interesting post you might have missed or discover a new blogger.

Here are my Friday Reruns for this week.

Running a marathon is about defeating your perception of time – so is writing a novel. Conquering Time by John Vanderslice on Creating Van Gogh

Having problems getting motivated? Over at Procrastinating Writers, Jen wrote: See How Easily You Can Motivate Yourself. It starts with passion (or at least some level of excitement) for your project and then encourages you to break it down into manageable pieces.

I can tell you my to-do list for today and through the next week or so, but then it gets fuzzy for me. Steve Handels’s post helps you through the process of achieving your goals by breaking them out over today, this week, this month, this year and up through 10 years in Create a Progressive Timeline to Better Envision Your Goals on The Motion Machine.

Want to be inspired by the power of social media (and Twitter, specifically)? Then read Janet Reid’s 10 Things Crime Writers Can Learn from Paris Hilton which will take you to a post of the same name written by Brad Parks on the Do Some Damage blog that Janet learned of through a tweet from Sophie Littlefield. Very cool!

There were quite a few book-related posts this week, starting with When Bad Covers Happen to Good Books by Joe Queenan in the New York Times Sunday Book Review. And Demian Farnworth had a great post this week at Copyblogger about the 10 Surprising Books That Will Transform Your Writing – and this isn’t what you think. You won’t find Natalie Goldberg, Anne Lamott or Stephen King on this list. So What Makes a Book Great? A Voracious Reader (Nina Sankovitch) Shares Her Insights by Christina Baker Kline on A Writing Life.

Struggling with self doubt? Or want to read about someone who is? Kate Monahan wrote a wonderful post on MFA Confidential this week: Am I getting worse? Thoughts on self doubt. 

Julie Bush gives some simple advice on How to solve all your problems, fast. It really is as easy as honesty.

Think of writing as a solitary endeavor? Read Dream Chasers (Throw Strikes) by Myra McEntire on Writing Finally and I guarantee you’ll be thinking about those people in your life who support and encourage your passion for writing.

Feeling overwhelmed? I love this post by Grace Kerina on highly sensitive power: How to Create Space.

Complicating your creativity by overthinking? Read surfing the brain waves: how to manage your mind and unleash your creativity by Justine Musk.

lara
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