Does your work feed your fulfillment? Or does it mostly feed you a shit sandwich? Time to ask yourself some tough questions.

Do you really want to quit, or do you just need a rest? HALT before you leave.

How to stop being intimidated by your writing.

How do you know whether quitting is the right decision? Here's how to figure it out.

This piece of advice (from an ex-boyfriend) turned a blah presentation into the best talk I've ever given.

How I wrote 32,000 words without really trying.

Once I noticed how I was sabotaging myself, things finally started to change.

I know how disheartening it can be to realize that the fire isn't there. But it's possible to get it back if you ask yourself some important questions.

This is what I did back when I hit a major, life-threatening roadblock in graduate school and it's what I've continued to do in the face of every setback I've experienced since.

If you're stuck on writing, here's how to start.

Got a burning question about writing? WHO DOESN'T. Get all your Qs answered here.

You should reconsider your wasted writing time.

If you apply this one principle of athletic training to your writing, you'll be unstoppable.

In the last post in the series, I talk about the most important thing I've learned in the nine years I've had Camurati-Engelmann Disease.

In the second part of the series I get more personal about some of the interview questions and I talk about my rock-bottom moment - the moment that changed everything.

The first of a three-part personal series inspired by my podcast interview with Jen Riday. I talk about living with a rare incurable condition called Camurati-Engelmann Disease and what I've learned from five brain surgeries in nine years.

Big-hearted people who want to change the world are sensitive. Point finale. We just are.

What do you do when your idea makes complete sense in your brain, but then when you try to write it down it looks like hot garbage?

Getting grant funding is harder than winning on Shark Tank. Don’t believe me? I’ll prove it. (And then I’ll tell you how to make your grant better)

I'm sure the last thing you want to be doing right now is thinking about September, but I promise you that taking a few small steps right now will help make the fall grant cycle go much more smoothly.

I know, I know. Capitalizing on a cultural moment to pontificate about grant writing. I’m so transparent. But trust me: there are some good lessons here.

Before you pour that tumbler of vodka and congratulate yourself on submitting your application one minute before the deadline (c'mon, we've all done it): take 10 minutes to write a few things down. I'll take you through what to include.

Read my answer to a client question about how specific to be in a grant proposal.

DIY revising and editing in a step-by-step guide, plus a downloadable checklist to make the process even easier. You're welcome.

This simple approach to planning will help you get a ton of writing done this summer.

You know you're not supposed to multi-task. So why do you multi-goal?

Break the "I should be writing" pattern with these six tips.

Do this, and you're more likely to get what you ask for.

The real key to being a productive academic writer has less to do with goals, plans, and efficiency, and more to do with this.

A lot of people I work with, whether they're applying for research grants or non-profit funding, have the same question: How do I know what the funder wants? Here are five ways to find out.

Make sure your grant application passes this test so that it doesn't get ignored.

Apply this habit and watch your writing productivity go through the roof.

Here are five reasons why goal-setting can fail.

Once I noticed how I was sabotaging myself, things finally started to change.

Let's be real for a minute: good grant writing is not sexy.

No matter how ambitious, world-changing, and brilliant your idea is, the steps you need to take to write a fundable proposal are seriously mundane.

Take a peek at my system.

There's plenty to learn about grant writing strategy from an old SNL clip.

If you're stuck on writing, here's how to start.

Once you've prepared all of the required components of your grant proposal, how do you actually make it good? How do you make it stand out? I'll show you.

You should reconsider your wasted writing time.

If your writing is too extra, here's how to rein it in.

Four ways to make team writing less Lord of the Flies.

If you apply this one principle of athletic training to your writing, you'll be unstoppable.