Category: planning

TEP4 Begins

Feb 10, 2026

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NicoleHerronWrites

in author, characters, creativity, discovery, Draft 1, fiction, ideas, intuitive writing, mental health, planning, RPG, self promotion, Social Anxiety At Home, TEP4, writing

TEP4 has begun. Over the next six months, I’ll be working to get Book Two of the Quest Therapy litRPG series out into the world!
What’s Next?

Jan 13, 2026

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NicoleHerronWrites

in aging, anxiety, author, BOLD, discovery, exposure therapy, family, journaling, mental health, mother worry, parenting, people-pleasing, planning, self-care, social anxiety, volunteering

I’m learning to choose me. The last year and a half have taught me that choosing me lets me willingly choose others.
Create Joy

Oct 15, 2025

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NicoleHerronWrites

in creativity, family, grounding techniques, INFJ, journaling, Know Yourself, planning, routine, self-care, theatre, writing

What does it mean to you when you hear the phrase “Create Joy”? I imagine most people desire to have joy in their lives. I know I do. Yet, we often do nothing about it, hoping joy will just land in our laps without effort on our part. And when it doesn’t? We grumble and…
Showcase Recap

Sep 29, 2025

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NicoleHerronWrites

in anxiety, author, cognitive distortions, creativity, Debut, defective, exposure therapy, Growth, journaling, lessons, mental health, people-pleasing, perfectionism, planning, sale, self promotion, social anxiety, triggers, vulnerability, Writer’s Journey, writing, Writing Challenges/Events

Saturday, I shared a table at the Garland public library’s author showcase. I prepped/planned for it for more than a week, ordering goodies at the last minute and even making some of my own. This is what I brought: Even with only one book under my belt, my half of the table was packed with…
Countdown is ON

Sep 3, 2025

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NicoleHerronWrites

in anxiety, author, Book Launch, creativity, Deadlines, Debut, exposure therapy, ideas, journaling, planning, self promotion, social anxiety, time anxiety, vulnerability, writing

I’m back from Ireland and now the reality that my book launch is only ten days away is sending my mind reeling. I feel like there are so many things I should be doing to get ready but at the same time I don’t know what that might be. I thought maybe it would help…
Listening and intuition

Aug 18, 2025

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NicoleHerronWrites

in author, Book Launch, characters, Cosmic Smash Book, creativity, Debut, discovery, fiction, ideas, intuition, intuitive writing, journaling, planning, social anxiety, writing

I have been moving through the journey of The Art of Intuitive Structure by Sage Adderly in a book club that she is hosting. This week we read chapter five, which is about listening to your intuition. We were asked to do a five- to ten-minute brain dump relating to the project or book we…
Author Con

Jul 22, 2025

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NicoleHerronWrites

in anxiety, author, exposure therapy, family, fiction, friendship, hiding, imposter syndrome, INFJ, introvert, intuition, journaling, lessons, mental health, planning, self promotion, social anxiety, social media, socializing, writing

Saturday I attended a local author convention. We have a friend we’ve known for almost thirty years that has been writing books for awhile now and had posted that she would be there. I thought it might be a good idea to get an idea of what it might be like from an author’s perspective.…
How should I launch?

Jul 9, 2025

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NicoleHerronWrites

in anxiety, author, Book Launch, characters, church, cognitive distortions, Cosmic Smash Book, creativity, Faith, hiding, imposter syndrome, journaling, mental health, perfectionism, planning, self promotion, social anxiety, TEP3, triggers, vulnerability, writing

I’ve had a few people ask me when my book will be released and I have given vague answers because I haven’t picked a specific date, so yesterday in the coaching call I asked Sage how I should go about choosing one. Which became much more emotional than I expected. It’s hard enough to think…
Mindset Matters

Jun 13, 2025

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NicoleHerronWrites

in anxiety, author, cognitive distortions, creativity, Deadlines, editor, fiction, grounding techniques, imposter syndrome, journaling, motivation, perfectionism, planning, routine, TEP3, triggers, vulnerability, writing

I went almost a whole week without getting any work done on my book. I knew when the week began that it would be like this, yet I still feel guilty. That darn guilt gene that’s been passed down to all of my family! But instead of letting that guilt block all progress for the…
Feedback + Anxiety

May 14, 2025

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NicoleHerronWrites

in anxiety, author, Beta Readers, cognitive distortions, Feedback, fiction, hiding, imposter syndrome, journaling, mental health, people-pleasing, perfectionism, planning, social anxiety, TEP3, triggers, vulnerability, Writer’s Journey, writing

I thought I was better prepared for receiving feedback from my beta readers than I was in 2021 when I had written my first novel (that never got past the beta stage). I thought that knowing what questions to ask and looking at it as “this person wants to make the book the best it…