Real Talk for Writers
with Isabel Sterling
Author & Master Certified Coach
Why Celebration is Non-Negotiable
Jul 28, 2025
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Regular celebration is essential to crafting a burnout-free, sustainable fiction career.
Yet celebration is also the most commonly skipped -- or delayed -- parts of the process I teach.
Authors will tell me that it's "too soon" to celebrate when they get a new book deal because it's not "officia...
Rest Alone Doesn't Solve Burnout... But It's Still Important
Jul 14, 2025
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If you're struggling with burnout, taking a break from writing can be really useful.
When you reach a point where the thought of writing feels genuinely exhausting, giving yourself a couple weeks (or more!) where you pause all writing tasks to rest and refill your creative well can be incredibly us...