Permission NOT to Write

We all know that one of the golden rules of writing is to write daily, or at least often.It’s the best way to keep in the flow of your writing, generate ideas and maintain discipline. But what happens when life gets in the way and keeping up a daily writing practice becomes impossible? Usually when [...]

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Guilt Free Writing

For any writer, but especially for writers still waiting for the dream of publication to come true, spending time on your writing without feeling guilty can be a constant difficulty. Many of us live with family and all of us have roles other than “writer” to fulfil. Partners, children, friends and relatives all need our [...]

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It’s All About Balance

Last week I mentioned the Margie Lawson Online Course I completed in January, Defeating Self Defeating Behaviours. One of the epiphanies I had during the course – what Margie calls Aha! moments – was to do with balance. Not in the physical plant two feet on the ground sense (although that’s always a useful thing) but [...]

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Time to Write

Writing is like exercise – you know it’s good for you, you know you have to do it, once you start you get into the zone and disappear from the world around you and when you finish a gruelling session you’re on a total high. But it’s also difficult to find the time and discipline not only [...]

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