Monthly Archives: February 2011

The Stylish Blogger Award!

Posted on February 28, 2011 by

Check it out! I won an award!! Thank you very much to Cleveland Dietz II. You should check out his blog because a/he gave me this award which means he’s lovely and completely insane and b/it made me laugh. So, … Continue reading →

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Getting what you want – and why it can really suck

Posted on February 27, 2011 by

Before Christmas I often thought about how I really didn’t have enough time to write. Going to work felt like a waste of my time. I could have been at home writing with all that time! Not faffing about in … Continue reading →

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Measuring productivity

Posted on February 26, 2011 by

Did you ever have one of those days that you thought wasn’t productive, then when you looked at it objectively you realised that actually it had been? Not hugely so, but not shockingly under par. Actually bang on, if you … Continue reading →

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Revealed: Answers to the First Challenge

Posted on February 25, 2011 by

The Writers Crusade Challenge answers revealed: The secret, albeit not exactly a secret because close family obviously know, was that my mother really did rip my big toenail off when I was a kid. I was standing behind the open … Continue reading →

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I aspire to be an aspiring author

Posted on February 25, 2011 by

You see a lot of it on Twitter, well, certainly the bits where I hang around. I think I currently follow about two hundred or so “aspiring authors”. Why? Probably because I like knowing that there isn’t just one person … Continue reading →

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Push yourself to reveal your true potential

Posted on February 24, 2011 by

On Wednesday of last week my brand new (that day) critique partner, Leona Bushman, suggested we write a chapter a day, five days a week. This was to be our goal so as to make us a/both accountable to ourselves … Continue reading →

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Blast from the past

Posted on February 23, 2011 by

Yesterday I couldn’t think of anything to write about which didn’t relate to a certain ‘crossroads of life’ dilemma that I am currently going through. And I didn’t want to write about that because it would confirm/deny certain things I … Continue reading →

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Maintaining motivation

Posted on February 21, 2011 by

I woke up in a bad mood today. I have no idea why. Well, actually I know exactly why but I covered that in yesterday’s post so we won’t dwell on it. Like the good little author gal I am, … Continue reading →

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The awkwardness of real life

Posted on February 20, 2011 by

I’ve been laid up for eight weeks now. That means that for eight weeks I have had what many writers (in fact probably all the ones with full time jobs and families) would consider ‘the perfect writing situation’. I can’t … Continue reading →

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What to read while you write… aaaaaaand relax

Posted on February 19, 2011 by

I was having trouble thinking up a topic to blog about today. So I went for a walk instead. I was halfway down the stairs of my apartment block when I came up with this. Sometimes, it’s just psychological. Going … Continue reading →

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