Are you boring yourself?

  There’s one very big difference between someone who has written a book, and someone who hasn’t.   The one who has? ACTUALLY WROTE ONE.   (I know. It’s obvious. Just bear with me.)   And I know that there are nuances in there – sometimes it’s...

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...

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...

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...

The ‘ability’ in accountability

I’ve been thinking a lot about accountability lately. It’s something that we love to hate. (and if you’ve not got a heap of time, please click here and tell me how you like your accountability to look. Thanks!) We need it, but wish we didn’t....

Are you a Proper Writer?

If you’re finding writing really hard right now, you might want to think about this: What is your idea of a ‘proper,’ Capital-W Writer? Because if your expectations of who a Writer is and how they behave differs significantly from who you are and how...