Fear of Writing author, Milli Thornton, hosts a monthly challenge on her blog for writers to join in and write 10,000 words in a day. The next day is – today! Thursday, July 16th. And there are a few who have joined up or RSVPed on the blog to suggest they will be writing in [...]
Continue reading...16. July 2009
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In my next post I’ll be discussing a 10K challenge which is going on today. Now, I happen to know that I could – and often have – achieve that challenge, if I were in the right writing project. I’ve previously achieved 10,000 words a day on several occasions, and sometimes more than that. But [...]
Continue reading...14. July 2009
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On the subject of writing goals, and my consideration towards a writing group goal, I have also joined (in mind, at least) with the Inkygirl 1000 Words a Day Challenge. You will see the badge for this, plus some goal bars in a new sidebar section on this blog.
Continue reading...9. July 2009
In wanting to feel part of a writing community, I did something to myself which I now realise I need to re-adjust. It’s to do with my own writing, and a struggle between quantity versus quality. One of them, I can do aplenty, the other is not necessarily as easy for me.
Continue reading...17. April 2009
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I have just done an about shift on my fiction writing plans, due to the environment I find myself in. I’m uncertain how often this might happen to other writers, but it’s an interesting experience. My third novel – for many months, was calling to me to be written. It was based in large part [...]
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Available for $14.95, The Organized Writer is an e-book supported by supplementary free ebooks, calendars and articles, plus a weekly newsletter from the Organized Writer website. The e-book, written by Julie Hood promises a simple 30 day plan to get you, as a writer, more organized and writing productively this year. Can it? I downloaded [...]
Continue reading...17. February 2009
Writers online should be aware of the opportunities and networking potential (not to mention the distraction factor, and the all important fun factor) that today’s social media offers. As a Part 3 followup to my own series on Social Media, I would like to introduce you to how I now organise my own social media [...]
Continue reading...12. February 2009
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The sound of the word ‘procrastination’ just makes me want to procrastinate. It’s five syllables for a start. If sitting there, with the sudden realisation that I am, indeed, in the middle of a mugmire* of procrastination, it takes me a further several moments to sound the name out in my own head. Pro-crast-i-na-tion. Say [...]
Continue reading...10. February 2009
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Do you use affirmations to motivate yourself with? I’ve always thought affirmations a wonderful concept but personally been less than productive in using them. But here is a brief connection. Mike’s Writing Workshop (another great writing site well worth a bookmark) has posted a brief Affirmations to Write By post today. I’m swiping them to [...]
Continue reading...2. February 2009
Recently I posted a post entitled, “Social Notworking, with AlertThingy” in which I described the use of a free utility tool for keeping me informed of updates from Facebook, Twitter and RSS feeds. At the same time I started thinking about my entire Social Media strategy for my normal day. It seems I’m not alone [...]
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16. July 2009
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