What is planning, anyway? (you know, for your book)

This is an excerpt from an eBook I’m writing at present, that you’ll be able to download for FREE pretty soon. If you’re short on time and just want me to give you a nudge when the eBook’s available, pop your name in the box on the right to get...

Your plan = your power

This is an excerpt from an eBook I’m writing at present, that you’ll be able to download for FREE pretty soon. (And I’m just going to say that it’s taking a LOT of restraint to be this low-key about it. I’m loving this eBook so hard right...

A new equation: focus plus urgency equals book!

Last time you had your eyes here, I was talking about urgency and how that’s really the only way to get your book done. And I really think that it is. You can schedule it in, you can hire all kinds of writing coaches, take programs, and analyse the crap out of your...

On knitting and urgency

It’s been a while. How are you all? I hope your celebrations and New Year have been beautiful, filled with the things you love. Possibly even with a tiny bit of time squeezed in somewhere for writing! For my part: life has moved apace for me and the community I...

Why write at all? (and the 3 things writers forget)

If you’re some way into your writing – either your career or your book – then you’ll most likely have thought this at some point: Why write at all? It’s one of those thoughts that comes after you find yourself thinking, “I seem to...