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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…
How to cope with rejection and keep creating
It is a truth universally acknowledged that if you make art of any kind and try to put it out to the world, you will face rejection. People will say No to your work in all kinds of different ways and you will have to learn how to cope with rejection. Your stories will...
The best two word advice I’ve ever heard
Are you waiting to be noticed? Are you waiting to be invited to speak at a show that is on your list of goals? Are you waiting for a publisher to phone you because they want to make your blog into a book? Are you waiting to be invited to play a gig at a celebrated...
Should we keep creating if there is a war brewing?
Apologies for the mournful subject matter. I figured that if I was pondering this question then other people might be too. It has been a grim few months. It seems that everything in the world is de-stabilising. Nationalism is growing. President Trump is acting like a...
How to journal and is it worth the time?
You’re not sure how to journal and whether you should be doing it. You’ve read that other people journal and say it is a good way to come up with creative ideas. Julia Cameron in the book, The Artist’s Way says that you must do it every day, three pages long hand. But...
How to return to art if you haven’t done it for a long time
You loved making art, you were good at it but you haven’t done it in a long time. Now you don’t know how to return to it and be an artist again. Your life has changed since then. Maybe you have children or parents that are growing older and need your help. You had to...
Does your creativity make a difference?
Does your creativity make a difference to the world or are you just being self-indulgent? When you are a creative person it is easy to get precious and self-absorbed about your art. It is something that you pour your life and soul into and feel that you simply must do...
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