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WordPress just sent me a screaming message, 'You haven't written anything yet!' (Their exclamation mark btw.) How rude! I'm going to ignore that and write anyway... A quick blog post on a brisk winter's morning, dear reader. I've been creating an eCourse of late. Dum de dum. I've created several eCourses in my time. But …
Continue reading "How to find clarity in a muddled project. Plus, final call for my FREE eCourse."
Excuses not to write or create. We've all got truckloads. Snoresville. Don't waste mental and emotional energy trying to push through or fight with your excuses. Don't try to rationalise them, either. Don't take them out, hold them to light, polish and stroke them. And don't try tossing out your everyday life in the name …
Warning: This post is a rant. If you don’t like rants, click off. That’s what I said. Click. Off. Don’t write and say, ‘I hate rants, Jen, and now I’m offended.’ Just go find some knitting tips and leave me to vent. Okay.  I rant.  But I don’t tell lies. No. I. Don’t. So occasionally …
It’s only subjective! They don’t know everything! You have to stick to your guns! Over the years I've been privy to conversations wherein authors discuss/ argue/ wail about their editors. Likewise, I'm often asked by aspiring  authors and illustrators, ‘What should I do when my editor makes suggestions and I don’t agree with them?’ Sometimes …
This week on Duckie TV,  we kicked off  Q & Q Friday 2017,  with a mindset question. A duckie wrote to ask if I ever compared myself to other writers and if so, how did I cope with it. Hello? Did I ever compare myself to others? Hell, yeah! I've even tried to dress like my favourite …
Continue reading "Do you compare yourself to other writers? Let’s break the addiction"
1 Stories exist in their entirety before we start writing. They live on the astral plane. It's up to us to usher them onto this plane. 2 Stories want to be on this plane. But only on their terms. 3 All stories have a face. But they're tricksters. The first face they show you might be a ruse, …
Continue reading "Six curious things I believe about stories"
Ready to chuck your manuscript? Are you ranting and raving, insisting that your idea is crap and the only thing to do is start all over again? Calm down, sunshine. Let's be systematic. Maybe this is what's causing you grief: 1 You haven't spent enough time with your idea. Ideas rarely, if ever, come fully …
Continue reading "Three reasons why your idea might not be working"
