Dressing like Benjamin Franklinhasn’t helped my prose. I’m a big fan of goal setting. When it’s done with focus, even the act of defining what is important to you (and understanding why) significantly increases your chances of achieving it. A simplified version of the process (let’s call it coaching on the go) runs like this: …
Month: September 2012
Ways in which…
Photo by kind permission of V Sunkmanitu (see link below) Ways in which I’ve made a tit* out of myself as a writer (in no particular order). 1. Waiting one year, three months and 16 days to get a reply from a publisher. Mercifully, not an exclusive submission, but why, why, why did I bother? …
Do Mind Me
Time to move forward. There is a tendency among writers to play down achievements and to not shout too loudly about what we’re doing. “What? This old best-selling novel? Oh, it’s just something I put together and was lucky enough to find an agent foolhardy enough to take it on.” Cue deflecting laughter. Maybe it’s …
Comfort reading
Ask any fervent reader and they’ll tell you that they have a treasured few books they read over and over again. Know you’re going to be stuck on a train or a coach? Want to fill a few minutes with the familiar delights of a well-loved tale? Or maybe you like to check in with …