If you want a full-time author career, you have to hold yourself accountable to your writing goals. If you publish traditionally, you will have an editor who will give you milestones you need to meet. When you’re a self-published author, you need to set your own milestones. Now it’s usually easier to meet deadlines set […]
How to create a writing routine? There are some days when the last thing I want to do is write. I’m not in the mood I don’t have any ideas, I’m tired, there’s a new series on Netflix. The list of excuses is endless. But I don’t have a choice. Writing is my job, so […]
We all get to that place in our life, whether personal or professional, where we feel stuck. That things aren’t moving in the direction we want, or it's not fast enough. Maybe things aren’t making sense anymore. You wake up one day and dread doing something when the day before you felt it was fun. […]
Negative self-talk creeps into everyone's head at some point. No matter how positive we are on a day to day basis. It takes effort to believe in yourself all the time. I attended a yoga workshop this past weekend, and the focus was on self-love. One of the things the yoga instructor said was no […]
Every single one of us deserves the best. We all deserve whatever it is we dream of and wish for. You might look at someone else’s life and be jealous thinking “why don’t I have that?” Well, the truth is you can. While it can seem as if things just drop in peoples lap, I […]
One of the great things about this amazing life we live in is everyone is an expert at something. And there is someone else out there who will pay for your expertise. One of the things I’ve always loved about being a college professor is how much I learn from my students. Regardless of your […]
My name is Laina Turner, and I write clean, small town romance with mature characters and cozy mysteries with fun, quirky sleuths and their pets!
