7 tricks I use to make myself write.
It’s hard to explain why people like me, who want to write lots of books, sometimes find it so hard to write a sentence. In honour of National Novel Writing…
Category: Creativity
Shiny new idea syndrome
Other writers talk about shiny new idea syndrome. It’s not something I’ve suffered from before. I find starting new things harder than continuing with the familiar. But, yesterday, I came…
A third of the way through school holidays; 75% of the way through my draft.
Two weeks of the school holiday down. I like my children (love them, actually), but now lockdown’s lifted, I find the opportunities for parenting overwhelming. A perfect mother would manage…
Trite things people say that turn out to be true.
Hello there. I have a big birthday next year. (Believe it’s 30 if you will). However, I am finally learning truths about myself and life that would have helped if…
Less nagging, more creative space.
I’m sitting in Starbucks. This feels like a distinct lack of solidarity as poor Rachel, business and writing partner with whom I used to come here, is self-isolating. But I…
Winchester, new experiences and playing mother-in-law to a character I don’t like.
I remember my dream from last night, which doesn’t happen much. Do other people feel the need to match the dredgings of their subconscious with the events/ television of the…
Checklist for unsticking my novel.
I’m making progress with my book. More importantly, I’m getting better at working through road blocks systematically. You’d think this would have happened several years ago, but no, the same…
The Duke and my opinions on Bridgerton.
Picture Credit: USA Today I write this sitting in bed to work. (We call it “doing a Churchill.) I’m not usually given to such self-indulgence, but I had a bad…
