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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…
Is it worth starting a creative pursuit at my age?
Should you start to write, paint or learn a musical instrument as you get older? It is so easy to think that once you reach a certain age it is not worth bothering. Literary agents are only interesting in young rising talent. Apart from the Rolling Stones and all...
I’m caring for elderly parents. How will I find the time to be creative?
Your life was going great. You had carved out your creative time and everything was tickety-boo. And then your Mum or Dad got ill, or had a fall, or was rushed to hospital. Everything changed. Your time was not your own anymore. They needed you and you had to...
Do you have to be selfish to be creative?
Do you have to be selfish to be creative? Does creativity make you selfish? Picture these two scenarios. Your friends want you to go out tonight, but you want to go home and spend another hour on your painting. They say you are a spoil sport but you just want to get...
Is creativity a curse?
Is creativity a curse? Sometimes it can feel like it. You’re creative and that seems to make everything complicated in your life. There are times when you just want to be normal like everyone else. But you’re not normal. You need time to be creative or you go crazy....
Is it unethical to say you’re an artist if you’ve never made any money from it?
You love making music, or writing or producing paintings or sculptures. However, you have never made any money from it so is it unethical to call yourself an artist? After all a lawyer, an accountant or a credit controller calls themselves this because that is what...
5 ways to beat procrastination and jumpstart your creativity
Procrastination can really kill your creativity – but you don’t need me to tell you that. You really want to do it and you have every intention of starting. But you just need to get a couple of other things in place first. Unfortunately, those things are proving...
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