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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…
Are you too busy to be creative?
You are just too busy to be creative. You have the best of intentions but other stuff and other people just keep getting in the way. You would love to be creative but you never seem to find the time. You’ve heard that some people get up early and do their art before...
What is the difference between those that ‘make it’ and those that don’t?
You have finally decided to pursue your dream creative activity. You want to be a professional artist, writer, musician or actor. You are really passionate about it. If you’ve been doing a regular day job then you can’t wait to leave the tedium of that job behind and...
What to do when other people don’t like your creations
You’ve slaved away for ages. You are proud of your work. You’re a bit nervous about showing other people but you finally pluck up the courage. You are hoping that people will fall to their knees and tell you that you’re an incredibly talented genius. Instead they...
Should you have to justify your creativity to other people?
Most people have no idea what it is like to be a creative person. They think being an artist means wafting around the hollyhocks in your painting smock and knocking out a masterpiece when the mood takes you. They assume that the masterpiece will bring you fame and...
What does the Easter story have to do with your creativity?
This weekend, many people in the Christian world are celebrating Easter. Even though I’ve been a Buddhist for nearly thirty years there is something about the Easter story, particularly the solemnity of Good Friday, that really touches me. For me I think Good Friday...
7 books that have defined my creative process
Isn’t it wonderful how a book can change your life! Today I have written about the books that have had the most influence on enabling me to live a creative life. Some are specifically about writing and others are about creativity in general. The common thread that...
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