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🌟 How to Steal an Afternoon

(why you should break the rules to steal one ASAP)

How to Best Enjoy Ink Village: Your Quick-Start Guide

Come on over and play!

😁 What I Forgot to Tell You About Ink Village!

February 28, 2025

because I sometimes forget the most important things of all!

🎉 Ink Village - Pull Up a Chair and Write!

February 25, 2025

Finally, a place just for YOU.

🖋️🏘️ Ink Village for Grads!

February 25, 2025

Details on Ink Village!

😬 Whoops on date of first class!

February 12, 2025

Date correction!

🎉 Grads is open! (And a SECRET THING!)

February 12, 2025

I'd love to work with you again!

⭐️ How to Play More

January 7, 2025

What if you did something you loved to do 52 times in 2025?

❤️ Write More, Worry Less: All the Goods!

January 5, 2025

Replay and tools here!

❤️ You're Not Lazy (and 4 other writing truths to remember)

January 3, 2025

oooh, these are the writing truths I find most comforting of all!

🎉 DETAILS: Write More, Worry Less Workshop

January 2, 2025

What you need to know/bring!

✏️ I Added a Bonus to this Workshop (and it's NOT more writing guilt)

December 30, 2024

honestly just thrilled to be writing you this email instead of dealing with family holiday drama

🫏💥 3 Words to Silence Your Inner Jackass

December 19, 2024

These three magic words are all you need to get your writing done!

✏️ Last Chance for Early-Bird Price! Write More, Worry Less!

December 10, 2024

How to stop beating yourself up about writing in 2025!

Write More, Worry Less (without the pressure) in 2025

November 28, 2024

A workshop for pressure-free productivity (no need to change yourself)

📚 The Sweet and Warm Distraction You Need

November 1, 2024

For distracting times, a kind (and weird) offer I've never made before.

🎉 Last Call! 90 Day Masterclasses!

August 30, 2024

Does your book need CPR?

✨ The Greatest Writing Myths of ALL

August 29, 2024

Don't fall for these! (We all do.)

❤️ 🛸 How to Know What Kind of Book You Should Write

August 19, 2024

Quick way to know right here!

🤯 You're the Hero in Your Writer's Journey! (You have an arc.)

August 12, 2024

Don't forget YOU have a character arc, too!

🧐 But SHOULD you write a book in 90 days?

Is this a trick? Clickbait? Or something more?

💥 How To FIX Decision Paralysis

Why you freeze while writing and how to fix it!

🫣 The Scary Thing I Did (with my dog)

Hello! Today I’m going to: tell you about a scary thing I didtell you about a book I recently lovedshow you a cute pet picture! (wait, why make you wait?...

🥝 Unstuck: AVAILABLE NOW!

Hello, fellow intrepid reader! My new memoir, Unstuck, is now available! Today, my latest memoir is so hot-off-the-press you can still smell the ink. (And...

⏰ Last Chance for the Writing Retreat!

Free retreat option below, keep reading! Hi writer, Our writing retreat, Writing in the Junkyard, starts in a little more than 24 hours! Have you been...

⭐️ What actually HAPPENS on a writing retreat?

Hello, dear writer, I’m hosting a writing retreat this weekend, and I’ve had a couple of people ask me, “What actually occurs on writing retreat?” Do you...

☕️ Shamelessly Eavesdropping

Dearest writer, I had a wee chat with my younger writer self today, and I was surprised by how the conversation went. Ear hustling Younger Rachael: I want to...

The Tiniest Writing Challenge of All

Hello, dear writer, I mentioned last week I’d be sending a few emails thinking about writing from the place we are, which is, of course, the opposite of...

⭐️ How to Write in the Junkyard

Hello, dear writer, Something I say a lot is that “when we write, we change the world, one word at a time.” Sure, Rachael. It sounds nice, but what if our...

🧳 Final call, with bonus PACKING LIGHT advice!

only 12 hours left! One of the best ways to get truly Unstuck in life is to travel. So as the Kickstarter for Unstuck swings into the last twelve hours, I’m...

👻 I Must Have Left My Body

Hi friend, I did my first little Instagram Live the other day. After I’d posted it, a friend commented, “Accidental sex parties, money laundering, getting...

🙃 What If I'm REALLY Stuck?

Hello there! A few quick answers to questions I've gotten about my new book, Unstuck! (The most important question is #3) 1. Why use Kickstarter? Isn't that...

🤺 Getting Unstuck Means Being Brave

Hello! I've been doing something VERY fun with my podcast this week, interviewing some of my favorite creative people on how they've gotten themselves into...

🤯 Oh, HOLY WOW

Hey, what's up? (pretending to be calm) (immediately gives up) OH MY GOSH CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE KICKSTARTER FOR A SECOND? Click to watch! Unstuck is the...

🤯 Oh, HOLY WOW

Hey, what's up? (pretending to be calm) (immediately gives up) OH MY GOSH CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE KICKSTARTER FOR A SECOND? Click to watch! Unstuck is the...

📚 My New Memoir, Unstuck!

Hi there. I wrote a book! Okay, more than just writing a book, I moved around the world, leaving my family and friends behind, only taking my beloved partner...

🎉 90 Day Grads is Open! (Plus, a revelation)

Hello, dearest writer, At some point in the past, you graduated from one of my 90 Day courses. That means you're eligible to join the extra-awesome,...

8 Lessons Learned from 8 Years of Writing Full-time!

Hi writer! I'm celebrating EIGHT YEARS of being a full-time writer this week! (What that looks like in this exact moment is eating prawn chips while sitting...

⏩ The Excellent Case for Skipping Ahead!

January 25, 2024

Why plod when you can skip? Well, hello there, writer. When I was in grade school, I didn’t walk very much. I moved in every way that I could that was NOT a...

🎉 Last Call! 90 Day Masterclass!

December 31, 2023

Hi writer, You know I don't send these last-minute emails often. That's because I hate telling people about what I make! Woo! I don't think I'm supposed to...