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Why You Need to Stop Letting the Blank Page Hold You Back
Staring at blank page can be a terrifying thing for a writer. A moment of fear. Hesitation. Paralysis. How many times have you sat down in front of the Macbook or a piece of paper, fingers on keyboard or pen in hand, and just stared helplessly at the crispy white page...
Empowerment,When You Laugh So Hard You Cry
Empowerment. Why do we need to feel empowered, inspired, motivated? Why can't we just be that way all the time? I guess it comes down to growing up and worrying about what everyone else thinks while they're worrying about what you think. Ridiculous, isn't it? When you...
Wisdom or Ignorance
I have read at least 100 books on the craft of writing, some multiple times. I read over 50 books every year - both fiction and non fiction. I've written a few of my own but with each book I read or write, I feel like instead of knowing more, I realise I know very...
The First 100 Days Are The Most Important
The year usually starts with resolutions, goals and promises to achieve our wildest dreams. More often than not, most of these aspirations are forgotten come February 1. Studies show that only about 8% of the goal setters will actually achieve the goals that they've...
2018 in Books
Books are precious. They are gold mines of information, entertainment, and education. The words between the pages have the power to transform us in ways beyond our imagination. They possess the magic to make us laugh, cry, cringe and seethe with anger. As a writer,...
We All Want Something
At the end comes a new beginning. The year has almost come full cycle. January to December. Twelve months of being. Fifty-two weeks of dreaming. 365 days of living. The saying, 'the days are long but the years are short' is truer now than ever before. I've noticed...
Novel Writing Series Part 8: How Many Drafts of Your Book Do You Need To Write?
How many drafts of your book do you need to write? One. Five. Twenty. Most writers will give you a different answer. However, whatever they say, one draft is never enough. Your first draft is rarely your last draft. Even if you’re editing as you go. You need to go...
Novel Writing Series Part 7: Writing The First Chapter
Writing the first chapter of your book can often be the easiest and hardest part of the process. The first chapter will receive a lot more attention than the rest of the book because it's the one that will need to wow your reader into reading your book. If you've...
Are You Having Fun Plotting Your Novel?
I love the start of a new book. Coming up with an idea. Plotting the scenes. Discovering the characters. Uncovering a story with a life of its own. It sounds almost cliché to say that the characters made me do it. They grew a mind of their own over the course of the...