Burn out. I think that’s what it was. In 2020, I was filled with an anxious energy that produced five books in one year, a new penname in a new genre and a LOT of thinking. Phew! By 2021, things were getting too much. I had two fantasy series left unfinished, a new genre to …
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Your stomach turns, adrenaline begins pumping through your veins, your chest rises and falls as you take deeper, rushed breaths. There’s a good possibility of you vomiting. Why? What’s the problem? Is there a scary predator hunting you down? Have aliens landed and demanded you explain how the toaster works? Nope. Someone’s left a review …
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You know when you watch/read/listen to an interview with an author and someone inevitably asks how they can start writing? They’re answer is always to read. Read, read, read. They’re partly right, but let’s not forget that writers should also write. Write, write, write. But reading is important. Vital, in fact. Not just reading; consuming …
I spend a lot of every December looking back over the year just gone, and this time I discovered that in 2022 I read two books, one after the other, about deleting your social media accounts. They were good books, too. One was written by an ex-Silicon Valley expert, one of the people who pioneered …
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A while ago, I found myself flailing around on the internet (never a good thing) with the sole purpose of wasting time so I couldn’t possibly do the work that would pay the bills. I ended up on Medium, flicking through headline after headline of how to write this, how to earn this much …
‘Thought you might want to know, we’ve won an award.’ Erm, YES! When one of my (favourite) business clients wins an award, I want to know. I love to learn about my clients’ wins! This wasn’t just any award, either. It was the first piece of work I undertook for this client. Back at the …
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‘We just need one more push. One more push and she’ll snap.’‘She should have snapped ages ago. Most people would have figured it out by now.’‘Yeah, well, what can you do.’ I imagine this is how the conversation went between the angels, or the Universe or the spirits or the goblins or whatever who look …
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Quick! Duck! Cor, you were nearly hit by another article banging on about how to be more productive then. Don’t worry, I think the coast is clear. For now. Productivity articles are akin to ‘how to make thousands a month’ articles. They’re everywhere, feeding the algorithm, searching for readers who want just that; to increase …
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