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So you’ve failed, what are you going to do about it?
Failure is a fact of life. It's inevitable, unavoidable, even obligatory. Even the best have failed, probably more than once. Failure is a part of success. The more we fail the closer we are to succeeding. Even the overnight success didn't get there overnight. Success...
3 Tips to Become a Super-Duper Productive Writer
I am a writer first. A blogger second. A marketer somewhere down the bottom of the list. But I’m working on it. I’m also a mum, an employee, a wife, a chef for the family, a student, a weekend athlete. Just like you, I have many roles, and many activities that require...
Do you have a thirst for knowledge?
Curiosity is a writer's asset. Asking questions, being nosy, pushing boundaries. Writers need to that. They need to be curious to be able to write interesting and fresh stories. There's only so much you can get out of your own experience. The rest you have to be...
Wordless Wednesday
Does self promotion come easy for you?
A writer, writes. Simple. Straightforward. Easy. A writer who wants to make a living writing is a different story. Apart from being a writer, you are also a self promoter, a marketing manager, a businessperson, an entrepreneur, a researcher, a twitterer (is that even...
Have you done a structural edit?
I think I've read Lethal Disposal a dozen times. Maybe more. Before I send the novel off to a copy-editor (I haven't decided which one yet), I want to do a structural edit first. A structural edit is not the easiest of things when you've read the novel so many times...
Would you call yourself a writer?
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, a writer is: 1 a person who has written something or who writes in a particular way: the writer of the letter. • a person who writes books, stories, or articles as a job or occupation: Dickens was a prolific writer | a...
Self Publishing is hard work
I’ve written the book. Edited five times. Trashed several chapters. Rewrote numerous scenes. Gave in to giving it two readers and thought I was done. Get an editor, make a cover, and hit publish. Call me delusional, but that’s exactly what I thought would be happening...
