The last few days have been spent battling with Squidoo. I enjoy the creation of words but all the palaver with html to get pictures positioned and captioned, not to mention resolving copyright issues. Lots of extra tasks are piling up … Continue reading →
That’ll teach me to be more disciplined – I’ve been meaning to do some writing on Squidoo for a while. Finally started this week which means that again I’ve got nothing done on the WIP! This should have been an … Continue reading →
Darn, it’s time for another progress post to ROW80 and I haven’t managed to make any progress on my WIP. In my defence, maybe working flat out on the Amazon submission produced a mini burnout. I have added a goal … Continue reading →
The last few days I’ve been working on a submission to the Amazon Breakthrough Award novel competition. The format of the competition has changed this year, with publication by Amazon Publishing instead of Penguin, and five categories including Romance, Mystery/Thriller, … Continue reading →
Thanks to the technique of ‘cafe writing’ which I’ve posted separately about on this blog, I have managed to make a small amount of progress on the WIP. I can now see a new character more clearly – one that suddenly … Continue reading →
I’m sure everyone knows the story of how J K Rowling spent hours in a cafe, writing the first Harry Potter book. Well, you don’t need to go to a cafe necessarily, but the technique of popping into a cafe … Continue reading →
Well, this will be the first check-in post for ROW80. Trouble is, I haven’t yet written anything on the WIP. I did do a short tips post on this blog a couple of days ago, and have been posting on … Continue reading →
When setting writing goals it’s best to set yourself small, manageable chunks. Otherwise, you can be setting yourself up to “fail” if you don’t manage to achieve them, and this will become demotivating, leading to a vicious circle. What is … Continue reading →
Well, back again after a gap – sorry about that, was hit by a seasonal virus. Despite that, managed a bit of writing on a tricky part of the WIP. Am now ready and raring to go on the ROW80 … Continue reading →