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How To Deal With Other People’s Expectations Of Your Writing
Would You Like An Extra Month Of Writing Time?
Are You Tortured Because You’re A Really Slow Writer
Should You Stop Writing Because You’re A Bit Too Weird?
Want An Escape Route From Your Day Job? Your Book Won’t Provide That
Want An Easy And Realistic Way To Achieve What’s Important To You?
The Only Way To Beat Resistance Is To Do The Work
Why It’s Hard To Write, Even If You Really Want To
Writing a Novel Is Like Doing An Archaeological Dig
Do You Want To Smash Your Time Management?
Don’t Shy Away From Tricky Topics
How To Be Content With Your Writing Pace
Do You Need To Lower Your Writing Expectations?
Would You Really Write More If You Didn’t Have A Job?
Is 2022 The Year You Write That Book?
Here are all the older blogs. Happy reading…
Meet the artist – Liane Tancock
Welcome to a series where we will meet some of the Gentle Warrior community and see how they go about combining being a creative person with having a day job and other responsibilities. First up is Liane Tancock who is an artist specialising in ink and watercolour....
You are the person who can make a difference
Recently I had the opportunity to write a message for a time capsule that is going to be stored in Parliament. We were encouraged to think about female role models. Even though there are many women I admire I found it hard to pinpoint a single person who had...
7 tips to get the courage to express your truth
You would love to write or make art or make music, but you don’t have the courage. After all, who wants to know what you’ve got to say? When an idea swirls around your head it feels important and inspiring to you but you are not sure that you can get it out in the...
How a donkey taught me a profound life lesson
Today, in a departure from my usual blog format, I'm going to tell you a story of how a donkey taught me a profound life lesson. There were two donkeys in the stable, Grandpa donkey and his grandson. The grandson, a keen little fellow, looked up at Grandpa and said,...
What if your creative dreams don’t work out?
You have dreams of being recognised for your art. Your music on the radio. Your books in the foyer of Waterstone’s. You’ll be able to give up your day job and live handsomely from your creative efforts. Maybe you’ll be a regular on TV or in magazines. Once you don’t...
The real reason you’ve hit a creative plateau
It’s been an exciting ride. You’ve been working on your art regularly. You’ve made excellent progress and you are proud of your efforts. It feels wonderful to have been true to yourself. But recently it hasn’t felt so good. You don’t feel you’re advancing. You are...
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