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Milli Thornton is the author of Fear of Writing: for writers & closet writers. She is lead course presenter for the online writing course based on her book and her mission is to put the fun back into writing. Her latest form of creative support, Writer's Muse Coaching Service, is available at www.writersmuse.biz.

10K Day: Live, While It’s Happening! – Feb 22 or 25

Written on February 21, 2012 by Milli Thornton in 10K Day - events

WELCOME TO ALL those plucky writers who are participating this week! This is the place to post your check-ins for Wed, Feb 22 and/or Saturday, Feb 25. To learn more about this event, mouse over 10K Days in the blog menu above. If you’re participating from overseas, feel free to start according to your own…

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Pooooooor Mummy!

Written on February 14, 2012 by Milli Thornton in Milli Thornton, claiming writerhood, fun stuff

By Milli Thornton A MEMORY from when my daughter was a toddler (she’s now almost 28) kept calling to me. For some reason, I had scribbled it into the notebook I keep next to me for capturing ideas to blog about. I have several blogs and it was definitely recorded in the section for the…

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Fear of Food Blogging

Written on February 10, 2012 by Milli Thornton in Milli Thornton, blogging, fear of . . ., fun stuff, healthy writers

By Milli Thornton I’M USUALLY the one helping other writers with their fear of writing, so it was both poignant and instructional to recently be on the other end of the stick. My chock-full-of-personality friend (and one of my staff writer at Milliver’s Travels), Ann McElfresh, runs a wonderfully warm, yummy and inspiring food blog…

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From Stuck to Unstuck in One Easy Step

Written on February 7, 2012 by Milli Thornton in cool tips, guest bloggers

By guest blogger Deonne Kahler Feeling stuck with your writing? Join the club. Despite the fact that Joyce Carol Oates seems to crank out a new book every, oh, 73 seconds, the rest of us struggle with the occasional writing quagmire. Here are a few of the reasons I’ve been stuck in the past, and…

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10K Day for Writers: RSVP here for Feb 22 or 25

Written on February 3, 2012 by Milli Thornton in 10K Day - events

If you’d like to join us for one or both of this month’s 10K Days—Wednesday, Feb 22 or Saturday the 25th—you can start here by posting your RSVP in the comments section below. Please specify which day(s) you’ll be attending. Next step is to prepare yourself ahead of time so you’ll have the best experience…

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The Golden Gift of Touching One Reader

Written on January 31, 2012 by Milli Thornton in Milli Thornton, claiming writerhood

By Milli Thornton SOMETHING HAPPENED recently to remind me that touching even one reader has a value that cannot be measured. A reader on a recent post, A Week of Taking Action, said she was so inspired by what I’d written she was going to do an “Afternoon of Taking Action” starting right that very…

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Spider Totem: Creativity and Weaver of Fate

Written on January 24, 2012 by Milli Thornton in Milli Thornton, claiming writerhood, creativity, inspiration/motivation

By Milli Thornton In a post earlier this month, Writing for the End of the World, I decided to use talk of 2012 being the end of the world as a way to explore what I would do if this really was the last year of my life. I said: All I know is that…

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10K Day: Live, While It’s Happening! – Jan 18 or 21

Written on January 17, 2012 by Milli Thornton in 10K Day - events

WELCOME TO ALL those plucky writers who are participating this week! This is the place to post your check-ins for Wed, Jan. 18 and/or Saturday, Jan. 21. To learn more about this event, check the 10K Day section (see blog menu above). If you’re participating from overseas, feel free to start whenever you’re ready. This…

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You Just Have to Talk to the Right Person!

Written on January 13, 2012 by Milli Thornton in confidence/self-belief, cool tips, platform/self-promotion

By Milli Thornton I DON’T USE this blog for giving advice on how to get published. There’s tons of good advice out there and Fear of Writing is here to fill an entirely different niche. I’m also a self-published writer, so I don’t keep up with the trends. But something happened to me today that…

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Writing for the End of the World

Written on January 10, 2012 by Milli Thornton in Milli Thornton, cool tips, creativity, dreams and goals

By Milli Thornton THE END OF THE WORLD may be coming as advertised. On the other hand, it could all be a hoax the way Y2K was. Who knows? All I know is that I’m not going to spend 2012 listening to scary predictions. I’m going to spend it on my creative dreams. I decided…

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