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Accountability: not as official or boring as you’d think
For those who want to know, I’m reporting back about Himself’s progress on his book. My intervention went pretty much as scripted, and if you missed that post, you can read back over it here. At the end, Himself was ready to go, excited and energised to be writing his...
How to get back on the (writing) horse if you’ve stopped
You know how I was telling you that Himself had gotten all unstuck and was a writing dynamo? (In case you're not up to speed, read the start of his book writing saga in this first instalment.) Where we left off last time, he was all unkinked and ready to write up a...
Go Hard or Go Home vs Softly Softly
Writing advice online. There's a ton of it out there, and seeing as I'm not writing a book at present, I thought I'd spend some time looking at it. Talk about falling down the rabbit hole! I think I lost a week or two. (What year is this?) But it was good. It was like...
Season’s turn
I took a little walk down the back of our property yesterday, and was struck by the majesty of our chestnut trees: they're full-size, beautiful, and their leaves are turning. Then I thought: It's been a year since my photoshoot for new pics for this website! There are...
New post on Medium
Yo! My new article is up on Medium. It might be familiar to you if you've read my post on urgency and using it as a kick-along to get your Big Thing done. If you've not read it before, click here to read. (and go write your book!)
Different
It’s popping up again and again in my life lately. People pointing out what my family and I do differently, as though I didn’t know it myself. My son has long hair. Different! My daughter just cut all of hers off and dyed a streak of it turquoise – and yes I helped....
Your MTR (and what this actually is)
I think we’ve all been there: The paralysis that can happen when you sit to write, or think about writing, and suddenly you think of them. All of the people who have ever made fun of you, criticized you, made you feel small. Add in all of the people who you think do...
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 the news as soon as it...
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 now. It's just pouring out of...
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...
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