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Category: National Novel Writing Month

Posted on October 16, 2021

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…

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Posted on June 26, 2021

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…

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Posted on April 3, 2021

Too many bikes, too few words.

Yesterday, the six of us cycled along the prom. The sun was out, people were in t-shirts and there were banners outside the restaurants announcing their terraces would open from…

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Posted on December 6, 2020December 14, 2020

Advent week 2: nativity perfection and plans for a new novel.

I’ve just had to negotiate to get my computer back from my children. The younger two are writing a nativity play to be performed remotely by cousins in several households…

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Posted on November 28, 2020

Nanowrimo week 4: “Winning” a novel and whether the Crown should be this gripping.

New blog post: “Winning” a novel and whether the Crown should be this gripping.

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Posted on November 15, 2020November 15, 2020

Nanowrimo Week 2: Consistency gets results and backache.

I thought I wrote more than this every day outside National Novel Writing Month. Clearly not. Because now I have backache. I’m typing this in my kitchen, standing up, my…

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Posted on November 8, 2020

Nanowrimo Week 1: I probably can’t afford literary abandon.

I’m trying to find excuses for the organisational disaster this week feels that don’t involve writing and National novel writing month. National Novel Writing Month shouldn’t cause me too many…

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Posted on October 24, 2020October 24, 2020

Productivity 101: how to keep writing when you’re stuck.

I am addicted to watching other people’s writing journeys on Youtube. These are the lessons I discovered about productivity while I was procrastinating.

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