I would love to introduce you all to Jenny Greenleaf, a talented freelance writer and artist. She shares her writing knowledge and experience with us on her fabulous blog, Jenny Greenleaf: Working Writer. Please leave a comment after you read her brilliant post to welcome her as a guest poster at The Writer’s Round-About, and offer your own thoughts on the fabulous mantra, “Learn it, Live it, Write it!”.

This simple motto has been part of my mantra for nearly a decade, but it wasn’t until 2007 that I started vocalizing it regularly. The power of words is an amazing thing, but I didn’t realize this until I started really talking things up.

What I mean by talking things up is another simple thing: career talk. I took two different turns in 2007 that have had a very positive impact on my career as a result:

1. I started participating actively in a group through AbsoluteWrite.com called JHS. Networking, talking about the positives, wading through the negatives, and other career talk has kept my drive at a very healthy level.
2. I started blogging considerably at Jenny Greenleaf: Working Writer about my career, as well as offering resources to other artists and writers.

What did I find? I found the more I talked about writing and career, the more I wanted to write and build my career. I found that the more I delivered resources to others, the more I wanted to learn.

So, in a sense, for the first time I have been bringing my mantra to life . . . . I have been learning it, I have been living it, and (today is a good example) I have been writing it. The omission of negative self-talk has also played an integral (and positive) role throughout this career building effort, as well. I find that I can learn it, live it, and write it better when I’m positive about what I’m doing.

What are my future goals? There are many . . .

I’ve found something else very interesting unfolding in front of me lately, as well. Opportunities for the niche I’ve been interested in writing for over the past several years are popping up like blossoming flowers blooming in a field. It may be that I haven’t noticed them before because I kept my sites shrouded by negativity (an easy thing to do when too much focus is place in the wrong area). So, I’m going to be embracing these opportunities.

I have more plans for books, as well. As soon as I finish the one I’m working on now, I have three additional proposals to finish. Blogging throughout the process will not only help me achieve those goals, but I’m hoping it’ll help other writers do the same. I have three separate publishers waiting for these proposals, so I’m hoping this niche will continue to unfold as it has been.

Now, ask yourself these questions:

• What turn can you take to re-awaken your snoozing career?
• What can you do to propel your career in the direction it wants to go?
• If you feel you’re in a rut, what can you do to either dig yourself out or shake yourself up?
• Are you working on projects that have become stale?
• Do you need to find a new niche?

Think about it, talk about it, reach out to social networks, and then write it all out (in a paper journal, in a blog, in a forum, or anywhere else you feel comfortable). Then, you will also be learning it, living it and writing it!

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