by Rebecca Yauger | May 31, 2018 | discouragement, dreams, encouragement, Novel Academy posts
I’m privileged to blog for Novel.Academy about writing. Although I’ve been published in various Chicken Soup for the Soul books, I’m still struggling with my novel writing. I’m also interested in screenplays. Both of those seem like a pipe...
by Rebecca Yauger | Oct 26, 2016 | a new direction, choices, choose, discipline, dreams, encouragement, fear, pursuit of dreams.
You know those times when you’re reading a blog post or a meme and something just jumps out at you and smacks you in the face. It’s happened to me a couple of times. (Hmmm… I need to put all of those sayings together so I can remember what smacked me in...
by Rebecca Yauger | May 18, 2016 | a new direction, discipline, dreams, empowerment, encouragement, pursuit of dreams., trust
A couple of weeks ago, I was smacked in the face. Not literally. Despite my recent stings and falls, this was figurative smack in the face. Have you ever been droning along with life and something just wakes you up and causes you to rethink nearly everything?...
by Rebecca Yauger | May 3, 2016 | choose, dreams, empowerment, encouragement, focus on today, pursuit of dreams.
For the past couple of seasons, I’ve been a fan of “The Voice” on TV. And this season, it struck me what I’ve learned from watching the show. First, I believe we all like to watch these type of talent shows because it’s always a thrill to...
by Rebecca Yauger | Mar 1, 2016 | encouragement, friends, support
Have you ever had a day like this? Where everything has gone wrong? Or is there a time when you’ve just crumbled, like this bread? Just the other day, I felt just like these loaves of Snickerdoodle bread, literally falling in a grocery store and going SPLAT!...
by Rebecca Yauger | Feb 16, 2016 | encouragement, music, soundtrack, life
You’ve heard of the saying – I can’t remember where I put my keys, but I remember every word from a song from the 80s. Music resonates for most of us. A lot of my writer friends write to movie soundtracks or specific period music to get them in the right frame of mind...
