Sep 26, 2014 | creativity, writing
After the last post, you’re aware that your time is running out. You know you don’t want to die with your music (your book) inside you. You want to write that thing. You can feel it – just waiting to get...
Sep 15, 2014 | creativity, writing
I’m going to talk to you about your book again today. How are you going? Is your book getting written? Progress being made, day by day? Word count going up, steadily? It’s not, is it? Things get in the way, and writing’s not that easy. I know. I write too. Or not,...
Jun 25, 2014 | creativity, tools
I’m wading through the wordy seas at the moment. Wonderful clients are writing up a storm, we’re checking in regularly, and some editing requests that I just couldn’t refuse because the books are interesting and fun are competing for my attention...
Mar 3, 2014 | creativity, tools, writing
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...
Sep 12, 2013 | blogging, creativity
If you’re blogging, you’ll know this already: keeping readers interested is like a sustained burlesque striptease. Reveal a bit, hide behind a fan. Reveal some more, shimmy! I’m an ex-dancer (not like an ex-parrot though), but I was never any good at...
Aug 12, 2013 | creativity, tools, Uncategorized, writing
You know how I like to talk about ‘stuck’? Well I’m going to be doing it again today. Feel free to go and potter amongst other posts if you’ve never felt the particular horror of your hands paralysed on your keyboard, brain in a total...
