Getting Organised: Part II
Your Folders Last week’s blog might’ve seemed absurdly condescending, but it’s astounding the amount of writers who don’t think ahead when it comes to the administration of their files. … Continued
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Getting Organised: Part I
Naming Your Files Here’s something which shouldn’t be so hard. Yet it is. And it makes me angry. How do you name your files when you’re writing? Well, that … Continued
Hurdles, Kitties and Too Many Food References
There’s plenty of material on ‘being’ a writer. A library worth of books has been written on how to become a writer, how to improve one’s craft and the best … Continued
Audiobooks vs Print Books
Confessions of an Audiobook Listener Audiobooks feel like cheating, like somehow listening is easier than reading. I am always careful not to laugh or pull faces when listening in public … Continued
The Return
So, the sleeper awakes. 2012 has become 2014 and a lot has happened in that time. Were the other options really that bad to make Tony Abbott the people’s choice … Continued
Research for Writers
This time last year, just about the only writing I was doing was shopping lists and putting my baby’s check-up appointment times into the calendar. As a new mother, writing … Continued
NaNoWriMo Lessons
Last October, when my daughter was almost a year old, I decided that after a year of minimal progress on my writing projects, it was time to get back into … Continued
The Delicate Relationship
Writing is a solitary profession … right? You wake up each day, write, and at some indeterminate point in the future, you shape the story, shake out the dead leaves … Continued