Welcome to the April 2022 roundup! Well, I started this month on track to finish draft 10 of Blackbirch 3. The plan was to have it out to betas by Easter so I could leave for a break knowing it was in their hands, ready to be read. Instead, my household of four was hit …
Welcome to the March 2022 roundup! And that's the third month of 2022 down. I feel like it's flying by. I did have a few fun weekends, the first was hot air ballooning, and the second was attending my first writing retreat with some very lovely and talented writer friends. The retreat was held near …
Welcome to the February 2022 roundup! I know I always say every month goes fast, but being only 28 days, this February really did! The first few days were spent with my evil twin before she headed home again, then it was straight back into my writing routine so I can hopefully finally publish another …
As writers, we’ve all been there. Enthusiastic to start a project one minute, doing everything to avoid working on it the next. While you could claim distractions, work, responsibilities, and life are impeding your writing progress, sometimes, the reason you can’t get any words down is that you’ve got a stuck scene. Fixing A Stuck …
Just as procrastination, brilliant ideas, and crippling self-doubt are part of being a writer, the type of writer you are also contributes to the crafting of your words. For instance, if you’ve wondered why other writers seem to get things done and you’re struggling to write an opening paragraph, the perfectionist in you could be …
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Welcome to the January 2022 roundup! Well, here we are, another new year full of possibilities, and let's face it, more Covid-19. Although we were fortunate here in Australia to escape huge case numbers in 2020, the end of 2021 saw Omicron explode and we're currently riding a wave of it. The pandemic and lockdowns …
Who has come across the writing advice to leave a writing session mid-sentence and make a note of where to pick up the next day? It’s something I heard years ago and have used in the past. Just recently, I was editing my latest draft and not feeling enthusiastic about it. I’m already a few …
While the key to being an excellent writer is practice, practice, practice, getting that practice can be tough. It requires a regular writing habit, which can be hard to forge and easy to drop when life gets in the way. Even if you can consistently write, distractions and interruptions can waste precious writing time. When …
Welcome to the 2021 Blog Roundup! As is the tradition since the start of my blog in 2017, I'm rounding up the year that was, as well as my December! Despite spending the majority of the year in lockdown yet again, the last few months have flown by. In January, I completed a few writing …
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