Advent 3: Rattling Out a Synopsis/ Wise men finally get to Bethlehem.
Hello. It might flatter you to know I jumped out of bed to write this post at 5am. No idea what I’m going to say, but I do enjoy saying…
Category: Writing
Advent 2: Have I magically become good at fast drafting? Certainly I’m no better at multi-tasking.
You know that novel that was brewing? The plan was to outline it so I could get going with a first draft in the New Year. A week later, the…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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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