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Writing
Creativity, Play and Rest
Meg’s musings on finishing a draft of a manuscript, learning to play (again) and rest.
Every story takes time (and a cheer squad)
Two weeks ago I said to my husband that I should stop calling myself a writer. I felt utter despair with my two large writing projects. They felt too big, …
On exhaustion, writing and other things
I have been absent from here a great deal this year, which was to be expected with starting work full time for the first time since 1997 (yes, you read …
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 …
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 …
Asking for, giving and receiving feedback
I have started back teaching the creative writing this year in Caroline Springs and have added in a group in Kensington. While the Kensington group is a new for me …
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 …