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Continue reading →: new year’s resolutions for writers
Some context: I’m a copywriter by day, creative writer any spare moment, and a bookworm 24/7/365. I’m also a human being with an infinite number of other aspects to my life. Plus, I’m coming off of a year that literally almost killed me. So my perspective is different than other…
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Continue reading →: writing prompt: shrimps
Drunk people say the darndest things. Husband and I were having dinner with a very good friend, who is also a delightful observationtst when he’s taken on a few cocktails. Make of this what you will: story, novel, poem, limerick, what have you. Bonus points for making the shrimp rockstars…
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Continue reading →: thankful this thanksgiving
For the past several days, I’ve been wracking my brain, trying to come up with a decent, kind, heartfelt-but-not-so-sentimental-readers-think-I’m-sponsored-by-Hallmark post for Thanksgiving. What can I post that conveys my gratitude without making people grimace with nausea? So I looked back at some of previous Thanksgiving posts: Happy Thanksgiving (2014 Edition) and…
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Continue reading →: why blog in 2023
I earn my living as an in-house copywriter. And I love it. I love what I do and where I work. This blog helped me land this job. I’d been laid off and was scheduled for an interview with my current company. The hiring director looked me up and read…
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Continue reading →: writing prompt: whiskers
I live with a cat. Her name is Henwen. I am her devoted servant and minion. She owns me and knows it. She’s been my best little friend for about eight years. And in that time, I’ve learned that while she’s a sweetie little sweetheart of a precious sweetie 90…
Hello,
I’m Erica Wall.
Award-winning copywriter.
Real-world creative writer.
Multi-cup-a-day coffee drinker.
Answers to a cat.
Resolutions for 2026
- Block off three hours a week to write
- Delegate more to reduce overwhelm
- Clean up and clean out home office
- Practice finishing what I start
- Practice good habits and let results be whatever they’ll be
“If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
> Stephen King
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
> Ernest Hemingway
“Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.”
> F. Scott Fitzgerald
“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
> Douglas Adams
“Creativity is intelligence having fun.”
>Albert Einstein
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