November, and National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), will be upon us within a matter of days and across the world, writers are preparing for this particular marathon. Their aim is to complete 50,000 words in just 30 days. It’s an… Continue Reading →
This week has been a very good writing week for me. Over the course of five days, I managed to write about 3,500 words, almost without trying. So I thought I’d share with you some of the tricks that have… Continue Reading →
Write what you know. Write what you want to know more about. Write what you’re afraid about. Cec Murphy I read this quote on a post on the ‘Write to Done’ blog and found it to be extremely pertinent. As… Continue Reading →
During the last week, I’ve spent a lot of time reading articles and tweets about ‘sock puppets’ and trying to get my head around it. For those of you who don’t know, a ‘sock puppet’ is a writer, who uses… Continue Reading →
Recently I realised that my Work-in-Progress – my beloved second novel – has not advanced a word in about seven months. This hasn’t been by choice. A bout of illness left me exhausted, struggling to just get through a normal… Continue Reading →
Writing and running are two of the things I love doing most in the world – apart from reading – and on the surface they seem to have very little in common. One, for instance, involves a lot of sitting… Continue Reading →
It’s a weird feeling to lose a favourite author. I woke up on the morning of Tuesday July 31st to the news that Maeve Binchy had died at the age of 72. I didn’t know Maeve at all personally, but… Continue Reading →
Some people say there’s no such thing as writer’s block. You know, that feeling when you sit down to write and just stare at the blank page because no words will come? Or, as is more common for me, you… Continue Reading →
Last week we looked at the benefits of taking yourself away to somewhere far-flung and isolated where you have nothing to do but write. But some of these places can be expensive and often you can’t just pick up and… Continue Reading →
When you are a part-time writer, there are a lot of other things that claim your attention. Family, friends, a social life and work all seem determined to claim their pound of flesh, and you know what they say about… Continue Reading →
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