author – copywriter – content creation
I used to think no. I’m not a consistent blogger. I have lots of ideas for posts, but I work full-time and I’ve a busy family life, so blogging has kind of been put to the bottom of the list. I’ve had this blog for a couple of years now and it’s only recently that
I’m doing Nanowrimo this year. For those that don’t know, Nanowrimo happens in the month of November where you write a novel in a month. Yep, that’s right, you write a novel in one month. Nanowrimo actually stands for National Novel Writing Month and although it sounds mental, it’s actually a lot of fun and
In my last post, I wrote about what to do when you don’t want to write. Those days when the muse just isn’t with you and I shared my top five tips for getting words onto the page. But there are days when it’s more than okay not to write anything. When you shouldn’t write
You did it! You wrote your book, and that is no thing to say lightly. It’s a massive, massive achievement. Everyone says they want to write a book, but you actually did it, so stop, take a minute and congratulate yourself. You created a BOOK! But now what? Put it in your top drawer and
Back at the start of the month, I wrote about how I was starting Nanowrimo, the write a novel in a month project. I had spent October getting organised, #preptober, had a strong premise, a great midpoint to work towards and thought I was all set. The first couple of weeks were good. I was
It’s been one week of Nanowrimo and I thought I’d write down how I’ve been getting on because, for the first time, I think I might actually complete this! Last time I tried to write a novel in a month, I got to the end of week one and realized it was going to be
I was having a conversation with a fellow freelancer the other day and we were chatting about working from home. I’m doing Nanowrimo at the moment and trying to work at every available opportunity – I explained my setup to her. One desk with my PC on, which I use for my copywriting work and
In my last post I wrote about why the first sentence is so important. Once I’ve got that done, the next thing I concentrate on isn’t the opening chapter, or the first hook, or character development, it’s the middle. The ‘boring, saggy, middle’ as I used to call it. I ALWAYS have a problem with
