As promised last time, here are the penultimate 10 writing tips from J A Konrath. 21. If you feel blocked, pause and connect with your cha...

As promised in my last post, here are 10 more writing and publishing tips from J A Konrath's amazing book, " The Newbie's Guide...

I recently downloaded a Kindle ebook written by mystery, thriller, and horror writer J.A. Konrath. It’s titled, “ The Newbie´s Guide to Publ...

One of my favourite books on writing is Dr Joe Vitale’s " Hypnotic Writing. " It's good because it's full of so much usefu...

 I’ve always loved to read about how other writers work. Not how they write, but how they structure their time. I can’t even say why this su...

     That title is not my own. I ‘borrowed’ it from motivational guru, Mike Litman who said it years ago. And it’s still true. The reason th...

How many times have you heard someone say that they want to be a writer, but they just don’t have the time? If you’re like me (and every oth...

"Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on."       ~ Louis L’Amour There’s no question ...

"Suffer the pain of discipline or suffer the pain of regret."      ~ Success Minded 2024, as I’ve already talked about, has been a...

  I recently admitted to you all (to my subscribers) that I haven’t been doing much writing lately. I’ve had a lot going on in my life for t...

  I’ve been ill with a flu-type of virus that’s been going around. Nearly everyone I know has caught it in one level of severity or another....

One thing writers often talk about is time. They think it’s all about working out how many words they can write in an hour, multiplied by ho...

Image by StartupStockPhotos from Pixabay Do you know how people become top athletes? Practice. They become great at what they do through pr...

Procrastination is a dirty word, especially to writers, so why do we do it so often? It’s easy to think that it’s something only unknown wri...

Photo courtesy of kaboompics.com Do you know what the worst kind of decision is? Surprisingly, it’s not a bad decision. It’s indecision. Tha...