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Life After the Last Book: An Emotional Rollercoaster

Image of a yellow peak with emotion emojis traveling up one side (frown to smile). These are labeled the end of a novel. The emotion emojis go from smile to frown on the slope going down. These are labeled the days after.

Lynette M. Burrows shares the emotional journey of having finished the last book in a series and how she copes with not knowing what to write next.

Published January 12, 2026
Categorized as About Me, Inspiration and Motivation, My Writing Journey, Self-care Tagged creativity, Inspirations, Lynette M. Burrows

Last-Minute Ways to Protect Your Creativity & Holiday Cheer

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if you’re a procrastinator like me, you have no plan for the holidays and are winging it. Here are 4 ways to be creative and enjoy the holidays.

Published December 22, 2025
Categorized as Creativity, Holidays, Inspiration and Motivation, Self-care Tagged creativity, Lynette M. Burrows, winter holidays

The Survival Skill You Need is Creativity

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Creativity is much more than art. It’s a way of thinking and seeing things differently. It allows us to solve problems, no matter what that problem is.

Published November 17, 2025
Categorized as Creativity, Inspiration and Motivation Tagged creativity, Imagination, survival

10 Mindset Shifts to Build Your “I Can Handle This” Toolkit

Illustration of two blue heads in profile, facing one another. One head has a circle representing its brain in a locked cage, under the bars you can read Fixed mindset. The other head has a circle with bars under which you can read growth mindset but the lock for the cage is being opened with a key and a plant is growing from the head.

Sometimes being a writer is overwhelming. So much to learn. So much to do. Here are 10 mindset shifts that will help you say “I can handle this.”

Published October 20, 2025
Categorized as Creativity, Inspiration and Motivation, Writing, Writing Life Tagged creativity, Lynette M. Burrows, Mindset

5 Ways to Support Your Creativity

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Feeling Overwhelmed? Overstimulated? Anxious? Can’t focus on your creative work? These 5 (plus one) ideas may help you reset and support your creativity.

Published October 13, 2025
Categorized as Creativity, Empowerment, Inspiration and Motivation Tagged creativity, encouragement, success

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