What to do when it all goes wrong

  Hi lovely writer,   This whole year, I’ve had one phrase guiding me and it’s made a huge difference in my ability to cope with life.   In a year where globally we’ve lost so many cultural icons, witnessed huge upheaval and where I know that it’s been...

Book.Write.Now.

Hey. You. Yes, you. The one who’s been jawing ON and ON about writing a book. If you’re serious, come and join the Facebook group for actual writers (You know, the ones who actually sit down and actually thump words out and … WRITE STUFF). I started...

Life, death, and writing (again)

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,...

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...

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....