Best bits from the writer’s journey this week

Best bits of the week

Doing a daily blog is fun but by it flies by and at the end of the week I am ready for a recap.

Aren’t you?

So here are some of the best bits from my recent musings on the writer’s journey.

Faith and fear at the start of the week

My first couple of […]

When focussed doesn’t come into it.

Lola stopping me being focussed

Some days I’m 100% focussed and on my A-game. Some days, I have it all planned out and then this happens …

If you are a cat owner you’ll understand. A sleeping cat is an immovable object that cannot be disturbed.

Never mind that I haven’t eaten for hours or that I only have […]

The essential item in a writer’s toolkit

Essential item in my toolkit...

What’s in your toolkit? When you run down the list of all those items a writer needs, what springs to mind?

Pens? Paper? Laptop? Writing software?

All good things. But there is one that, to me stands out about all others.

Living the dream

I’ve always wanted to be a writer but for a very […]

Every author’s greatest fear

The Scream painting - terrified writer

You want to be an author. You have been working at it to build your skills and feel it is time to make a start on your journey. But there is something standing in your way. Want to have a guess what that is, in 99% of cases?

Fear!

There is no getting away from […]

From hobbyist to pro – the writer’s journey

The journey to become a writer is a strange one. In particular you have to be a writer first – and only then can you do it for a living.

That doesn’t mean you need to have had 10 best-sellers before you can call yourself a writer or anything like that. (Mind you, I was […]

Plot Twists!

A while ago, someone posted one of those inspirational quotes on Facebook which seemed amazing appropriate for me.

“When something goes wrong in your life, just yell, Plot Twist and move on.”

You’ve got to love it, haven’t you? The idea of life being a story isn’t an uncommon one, but putting any […]

Stage 2….

Image of the back cover of my next book

I’m faced with mixed feelings this week.

In the past few months, my focus has been on getting my business up and running, so work on Age of Oppression took something of a back seat. But, as my coach often says, “passion+discipline are what are needed for achievement,” and, if story telling is what I […]

Un-reality check

Last Tuesday – 2nd May – was my last day as a consultant. My last day as an ’employee.’ I’ve finished with the day job to pursue my dream of being a writer (and of becoming a ‘crazy cat lady’ – see last week’s post).

So, this is my life now. I’m a writer. I […]

Introducing Lola

Essential item in my toolkit...

When I was a child, we had a family cat. She became a part of the family when I was three and lived for 16 years, so I never really knew a time without her. So it is hardly surprising that I have always been a ‘cat person.’

In my adult life, however, a cat […]

Stick to your habits

Image showing an obstacle

Aren’t habits fascinating things?

My habit is to write my blog on a Sunday morning, pretty much my first task of the day. This weekend, though, I’ve been away (on a retreat as it happens) and, as a result, wasn’t in a position to write my blog on Sunday morning.

Now, on Monday morning, when […]