Deep work and the girl
I have about 12 hours per week for deep work. For me, this includes writing, editing, and email pitching/ asking people for something. I can do more for a big…
Category: Creativity
Our first book is up for pre-order. A chance to do some good.
SOLD by Sue Barrow is on pre-order (e-book at the moment, print coming). Click here for a snoop on various stores. Thanks to Jennette Slade of Jennette Designs for the beautiful…
My novel undergoes its own dramatic transformation.
Rachel and I have three people’s novels to edit at the moment. There are contracts to negotiate, a tax return due, and this week I had a podcast to prepare…
Make Good Art
So tired, I can barely put a sentence together. So, I’m borrowing this from Neil Gaiman (again). With everything going on in the world, it’s time to make good art.
5 good things
Son probably doesn’t have a brain tumour, although he’s being sent for an MRI scan to check. (The doctor was most concerned when I said he’s been a lot nicer…
Wind days, hospital marketing, and a novelist’s ode to post-it notes.
We have ‘snow days’ in Britain, but for the first time, the children are off school because of the wind. Unfortunately for them, COVID means teachers have wised up about…
Parenting mini-mes, editing and the hard work behind magic.
The first sign of spring – forced daffodils in the supermarket. Give it another week or two and I’ll have snowdrops in my garden. I can see the crux of…
Life-novel balance and other fictional concepts.
I have never managed the work-life balance thing. Complicated Christmas holidays, a deadline for one of our authors, the need to catch up with my own work after that, and…
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