Lunar Year of the Rat 2020

Articles

Why the Best Advice on Success Is Wrong

I’m an avid reader on the subject of self-help and success and I do glean a lot of useful information from it all. I also try quite a bit of the advice and some of it works and some of it doesn’t, but it’s not because it’s bad information, it’s just that it doesn’t work for me. Continue reading…

Writing From Theme and What It Really Means

A couple of years ago I attended a writing workshop all about writing from theme. I’d heard about it before but like many writers, I didn’t quite know EXACTLY what it meant or how to use it to write a better novel.
So I did the workshop and took notes and to help other writers, here is what I learned about writing from theme. Continue reading…

How to Ensure You Reach/Achieve Your Writing Goals

If you’re anything like me you have multiple goals for your life. We all want to achieve things whether it’s getting more exercise, losing weight, quitting smoking, being a better parent, eating healthily, spending more time with our family, saving more, spending less.... the list goes on.
And do you know why so many people, in fact most of us, fail to reach our goals? Continue reading…

Don't Get it Right, Get it Written

I know that after reading the above heading, "Don't Get it Right, Get it Written", you're probably thinking "Huh?"
Well I don't blame you, because what's the point of doing something if you don't do it right? Surely that means you're going to do it wrong!
Right? Continue reading…

How Focusing on Everything Made Me a Better Writer

Being a writer requires focus. It takes complete focus and the ability to be able to shut other things out, including your thoughts.
I find that in order to be able to focus on my writing, I also need to be able to focus on everything I do.
There’s a saying that ‘how you do anything is how you do everything’ Continue reading…

The Corona Virus Panic As a Writing and Earning Opportunity

At the moment, we’re a few weeks into the Corona Virus Panic and the fake news that surrounds it. It’s gotten so many people frantic in the big cities while in the smaller towns it currently seems to be less stressful, except the government has closed down public places like pubs, restaurants, public swimming pools, and (the worst in my opinion) the public libraries. I love being at the library and was devastated when they closed them this week. Continue reading…