Strategies for keeping deadlines
Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve talked about dealing with those pesky internal critical voices, and making deadlines for yourself when you don’t have any external deadlines. Today, I’m …
Novel writing
Making deadlines
Are you good at getting things completed when you don’t have a deadline? Not many people are. If you are working as a freelancer, working on your own projects, or …
Dealing with critical voices
One thing I love to do is to catch up with other writers and chat with them about their process, any hurdles and how they see their way forward. Recently …
Circuit breakers
In front of you is an elephant, a mountain. It is enormous and there is no way you can see around it, or see how you can climb it, but …
And that’s a wrap
This year is about to end and in some ways I feel like it has only just begun. So much has been packed into the year and time has slipped …
Broken pieces
This is my view. I’m inside listening to the fire crackle, to the heater fan rising and falling, to the tap on various keyboards of fellow writers. I’m editing, or …
Carving space to think, writeÂ
I’m packing for four days in Sydney. It’s a holiday with an old mate, and a moment to research a new story as well as time to edit and write. …
Post-study reflections
It’s an incredible time for me right now that feels like a beginning, more than an ending. I’ve just submitted my final piece of assessment of my Associate Degree in Professional …
2015 in review
It’s been a long time since I last posted. Life’s been a bit crazy, and there just didn’t seem like there was time, or energy to post here. But, as …
First draft tremorsÂ
So back in October I made a commitment to do NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). My initial plan was a little like this: Plan the story Then write it. A …