by Laura Snider | Aug 8, 2017 | Blog
1) Nerves are normal & Necessary If you don’t feel nervous, you don’t care enough. That bouncing butterfly feeling fluttering around your stomach is not universal to everyone, but it is universal to those who care about their work. Whether it’s your 100th jury...
by Laura Snider | Jul 7, 2017 | Blog
via GIPHY As a criminal defense attorney and a writer, I have found unexpected ways to use my trial experience in the writing process. When I first started writing creative pieces, I assumed – quite wrongly – that my eight years of legal practice wouldn’t be helpful...
by Laura Snider | Jun 6, 2017 | Blog
I have a sign that sits on my bedside table that reads, “Happiness is a Choice.” I bought it after my divorce, back when everything in my life was going wrong and I needed something, anything, to grasp for comfort. Back then, I chose those words, “Happiness is...
by Laura Snider | May 25, 2017 | Blog
In today’s world, there is more than one way to get published. However, it seems traditional publishers remain the coveted path for many writers. But writers can’t simply shoot an e-mail to a publisher with their book attached and expect it to go anywhere other than...
by Laura Snider | Apr 22, 2017 | Blog
I often hear others refer to writing as a “Journey.” They will say it in much the same way as they refer to distance running or substance abuse recovery. I, personally, don’t connect with that sentiment. Not for writing and not for running. To me, the word “journey”...
