Keep your mind off your audience

Feb 26, 2013 | coaching, writing

So I was writing the other day, and then I stopped. When I thought about why – actually, I procrastinated for half a day, scrubbed the kitchen benches, ate lots of inappropriate food, did huge amounts of laundry that could have waited and stopped just short of...

Worth repeating again: the NOW book

Feb 11, 2013 | coaching, creativity, writing

“There is the NOW book, and there are the other books.” – Andrew Griffiths I was struck by this, because a lot of my clients do get stuck because there are lots of ideas in their heads about useful books that they can write. This is great on one...

9 Tips to get rhythm into your writing life

Feb 11, 2013 | coaching, creativity, writing

Most of us have an idea in our minds of a writer as someone who writes effortlessly, regularly, and has access to the Muse on demand. It can be hard to sit down and put words on a page when writing can feel stilted, clunky and artificial. Many of us secretly feel like...

What published authors know

Feb 11, 2013 | coaching

There’s something that authors who’ve been published know that people who aren’t published don’t, usually. I’m going to tell you upfront, too, because we have stuff to talk about here. Published authors know this: the book doesn’t...

Guest post on Invincible Summer

Feb 11, 2013 | coaching, creativity

Hello!Today I have a guest post up at Invincible Summer: many thanks to Jess Morrow for having me over there, it’s always fun to go visiting. You can read it here… Jess has just launched her Invincible Summer e-course as a totally re-vamped multimedia...