As regular readers of my blog will know, I’m going through a bit of a reinvention phase when it comes to the non-fictional aspects of my writing. As part of that process, I decided that a new logo – or really, getting a logo, was required. As you will see […]
We all know that basic rule of success: set realistic goals. When it comes to my blog, I have yet to set any goals, let alone realistic ones. Typical me really – I think I’m all planned, but really I have just blindly set off and don’t worry about where […]
As a proud Australian, I could not let Australia Day go by without posting something. Sadly, I have spent a week wondering what I could post that I haven’t posted before – and that wouldn’t offend somebody. If I talk about pride in my British heritage, I may offend some […]
Time for the next exercise in my course. This time, I need to write my first blog – which is not possible of course. The alternative is to review your progress and think about your goals. What have I accomplished with the blog? Well, to be honest – it depends […]
As I mentioned before, I am completing a blogging course this year. I know, I know – I’ve had a blog for ages. But I want to make it the best blog I possibly can. I am using WordPress – and that is who the course is through. So – […]
You would be hard pressed to find someone who didn’t have songs that meant something to them at particular times in their lives. This is particularly so in times of extreme emotions. In August 2002, I was diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukaemia after a blood test. I had been bruising […]
We had a massive storm here the other day and ended up with a blackout. It was getting dark at the time anyway – but now visibility inside the house was an issue in terms of typing on a computer without a backlit keyboard or reading. Not knowing how long […]
The quote from the title comes from Jeanette Winterson. Discipline. According to the Cambridge Dictionary, discipline is: training that makes people more willing to obey or more able to control themselves, often in the form of rules, and punishments if these are broken, or the behaviour produced by this training https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/discipline At first glance, this definition flies against creative freedom. But, as writers, we should be looking beyond the first glance. […]
Okay – so I get you need to write what people will want to read. Fair enough. But I also believe that if your heart isn’t in it, it will be flat and boring and no one will want to read it anyway. As a writer, I would much rather […]
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