We’ve all been there: You’ve had a long, rough day at work or taking care of the kids, then you cook dinner, clean, and spend some time with the family…

…and after all that, the last thing you want to do before calling it a day is write.

It’s not just “writer’s block”; this is something else entirely. Something more sinister.

This is burnout.

If you’ve ever written yourself into the ground to meet a deadline, then you know what blogging burnout feels like.

Yet there’s no getting around it – we’re all writers, in some way or fashion, and so it’s crucial that we learn to combat this productivity killer as soon as – or before – it sets in.

Here are 7 great tips for defeating blogger burnout before it has a chance to grab hold and kill your productivity: [Read more…]