Nothing is original any more. It has all been done before. I’ve seen that idea somewhere else. Who DOESN’T know this? It Has All Been Done Yep, it probably has all been done before. So What? Not everyone has heard what you heard in formative years. Sometimes it didn’t stick […]
Writing
My Way, My Pace
I was going to publish a book in January, but then I decided not to. Here’s why. My Way, My Pace In order for it to get done, I would have had to “hustle” (shudder) to get editing, covers and sales copy ready. And you know what? I was still on […]
Practical Planning for Writers
I don’t think I know many people who are full time writers. Most of us are doing our writing around jobs, businesses, families and a dozen other variables that make up our lives. So how do you make planning practical for writers? Practical Planning for Writers Without further ado, there are the […]
Fighting The Editing Muscle
I’m writing a few different books these days. I generally try to just get a draft done, then worry about details later. But I am wondering if fighting the editing muscle means that it develops my story in a different way. Fighting The Editing Muscle Note To Self I often leave notes […]
Book Review: Get Your Sh*t Together by Sarah Knight
This book was my first foray in to shit/fuck books as a reader. Given that I published Fuck Should in 2019, I had been deliberately avoiding reading “similar” books so that I kept my “vision” and didn’t get distracted. Get Your Sh*t Together was another impulse grab from the library shelf, a tactic that seemed […]
What I Did On My Summer Poorcaytion
I have grand plans for publishing in 2020. So far 2020 has had other plans for me, including injury, injury, injury, reinjury, infection, infection, and side effect from infection drugs. All in all it’s safe to say I keep pushing plans back, and then back, and then back. Gotta let yourself heal if you can. […]
Book Review: We Are Never Meeting In Real Life by Samantha Irby
Full confession: I have no idea how I came across We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. I know I got it from a library, but I have no idea why. I had the call numbers written all of these “serious” books on creativity and minds and thinking and business and being a genius and […]
Randoms 19
Randoms 19 Chasing me around the internet with retargeting feels like chasing me screaming. It’s not wise and it doesn’t make me buy from you. It makes me dislike you. Muchly dislike you. I had something secret I wanted to release today but yeah, downtime is more important. So it didn’t get done. […]
Book Review: Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA by Amaryllis Fox
I was trawling my local library catalogue before the Christmas holidays, looking for books to reserve. Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA jumped out at me purely because it’s so Other to me. I would never make it as an undercover agent. I tweet far too much. Life Undercover: Coming of Age […]
Creation, Value and Output
I was not in attendance at Disrupted Festival, but a particular tweet caught my eye: Juliet Rogers #disruptedfestival says everyone does NOT have a book in them. This thought devalues what our true writers are doing. @statelibrarywa pic.twitter.com/ss8ubjjSGz — Kylie Howarth (@kylie_howarth) July 27, 2019 I’m not sure I see it as […]