Laurie Buchanan, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books https://booksbywomen.org/author/lauriebuchanan/ Tue, 06 Apr 2021 09:40:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 THE IMPORTANCE OF CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT https://booksbywomen.org/the-importance-of-character-development/ https://booksbywomen.org/the-importance-of-character-development/#respond Tue, 06 Apr 2021 07:06:52 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=34801 Most fiction readers fall in love with a book because of the characters. I’m no exception. As a person who reads an average of seventy-five books per year, it’s my experience that characters are the most important element in a story. Without believable characters, nothing else holds together. Think of Gollum, for instance. There aren’t […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/the-importance-of-character-development/feed/ 0 34801 Fear Provides Us With the Opportunity to Slay Dragons  https://booksbywomen.org/fear-provides-us-with-the-opportunity-to-slay-dragons/ https://booksbywomen.org/fear-provides-us-with-the-opportunity-to-slay-dragons/#respond Mon, 07 Oct 2019 11:43:17 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=28108 By Laurie Buchanan, PhD Everyone has fears. Fear of spiders. Fear of heights. Fear of confined spaces. If you’re reading this article, there’s a good chance that you’re a writer—a female writer. There’s an even higher chance that at some point, fear has kept you from writing. Here are a few common writing-related fears: Am […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/fear-provides-us-with-the-opportunity-to-slay-dragons/feed/ 0 28108 The Healing Power of Writing https://booksbywomen.org/the-healing-power-of-writing-by-laurie-buchanan/ https://booksbywomen.org/the-healing-power-of-writing-by-laurie-buchanan/#comments Sat, 01 Dec 2018 06:44:49 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=24873 As a holistic health practitioner, I use a wide variety of healing modalities in my private practice. One of the most effective therapies is therapeutic writing. When integrated as adjunctive therapy in an overall treatment plan, it can serve to promote psychological healing. Most of us write alone. It’s a solitary experience. But in the […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/the-healing-power-of-writing-by-laurie-buchanan/feed/ 2 24873 How to Treat Writing Like a Business https://booksbywomen.org/how-to-treat-writing-like-a-business/ https://booksbywomen.org/how-to-treat-writing-like-a-business/#respond Tue, 10 Jul 2018 12:46:28 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=23251 For a moment, think of yourself as a business. That’s the theme in my second book, The Business of Being: Soul Purpose In and Out of the Workplace. And so it is with wordsmithing. How do you approach your writing? Some writers treat their writing as a hobby—a story here, a column there, with a […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/how-to-treat-writing-like-a-business/feed/ 0 23251 Unleash Your Creative Flair With Blue https://booksbywomen.org/unleash-your-creative-flair-with-blue-by-laurie-buchanan/ https://booksbywomen.org/unleash-your-creative-flair-with-blue-by-laurie-buchanan/#comments Sun, 04 Jun 2017 05:05:09 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=19360 Each of us has seven selves: self-preservation, self-gratification, self-definition, self-acceptance, self-expression, self-reflection, and self-knowledge. Writers tend to focus on self-expression. Each self is associated with—and influenced by—a color. Every color has a different wavelength and individual properties, both positive and negative. Color is simply energy; energy made visible. As human beings, color is the only […]

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