Hello everybody. I hope you’re enjoying my blog. Currently as I write this it is about 20 minutes after 10pm on Saturday 12 August 2017. Gearing up for another 24 hour writing marathon. This one is in celebration of my birthday which […]
Hello and welcome back to my blog. Currently at 2218 on Sunday 6 August 2017 I am less than 2 hours from another writing marathon. This one for the Natal Day holiday on August 7, 2017. As with previous marathons I will […]
Hello and welcome back to my blog. I was asked recently the question about how to escape effort with writing. Hence the title of this post. And the answer to that is: Drum roll please . . . . . . . […]
Hello and welcome back. I got asked a question recently about what I would buy if I got a $100 gift card to Amazon. Specifically what I would buy to help me with my writing. I hope you can forgive the blatantly […]
To build your writing momentum there are several things that I’ve found that helps me. First is to not stop writing. Remember the theory that an object in motion tends to stay in motion and an object at rest tends to […]
Hello and welcome back. Today’s topic is Internal Dialogue. The book that I read on this subject is from the Busy Writer’s Guide series by Marcy Kennedy. So what is internal dialogue? The thoughts that are going through the character’s head […]
Hello and welcome back. I’ve written a few times about time management for authors, one on finding time to write, also did a Youtube video on that which you can watch here. Some tips for that include writing on breaks at work or […]
A hopefully self explanatory infographic. If you ever hear from people about how you can’t do this or that, you don’t have it in you to do something. First step is to get away from those people as far and as fast […]
I found this meme on Pinterest here. The point being of course is get your first draft down. It can be as bad as anything, you don’t have to show it to any one. Just get the first draft completed and you […]
Hello and welcome back. Whew!! yesterday was a blast I got my 18 thousand words written for the marathon. There might be two in August one for the civic holiday and one for my birthday. I will do my best to get […]