So now it’s almost the New Year.
Goodbye 2021 and hello 2022.
It’s the time of year when all writers (or at least all that I know of) make their writing plans for the next 12 months, while all the other mere mortals make New Year’s Resolutions about weight loss and quitting smoking, that they usually break before the end of January. Continue reading…
So now it’s almost the New Year.
One question that comes up often is, “What should I write?” Another is, “Where can I find more writing ideas?”
For me, finding ideas for writing has never been a problem. It’s not because I’m more creative, but because it doesn’t take much for me to expand a small idea.
Let me try and explain. Continue reading…
It’s nearly the end of 2021 and I don’t know about you but I’m already busy planning my writing schedule for 2022, and I’m excited to get started. Let’s face it, the last 2 years have been awful for most of us who’ve continually had our lives and freedoms interfered with by political zealots. Continue reading…
For some people, the hardest part of writing a book is coming up with ideas.
I was thinking about that last week when I was outside catching Santa Clauses that were blowing around in the breeze. These are similar to dandelion floating seeds but they’re round and come from Scottish Thistle plants. Continue reading…
Every writer, at one time or another, thinks about writing a book, even if it was never their intention in the first place. And you want to write a book too. How do I know?
Because otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this. Continue reading…
A few years ago, I received an email from one of my subscribers. He was a man who died from procrastination. Or I should more correctly say, his writing career died from his obsessive procrastination. Continue reading…
I received an email recently from someone asking me where I get all my writing ideas from. They said that as well as putting out a regular newsletter for writers, I also publish blog posts, online articles and I'm always writing books. And they wanted to know how I come up with constant ideas of what to write. Continue reading…
Recently, I’ve been writing and publishing the four ebooks in my Monthly Challenge Writing Series. All these ebooks, as you can guess from the titles, are all about different ways to earn money from writing in a month: Continue reading…
A few days ago I received an email from someone who said they’d bought a copy of my book, The 7-Day eBook Writing and Publishing System. They said they were confused because they couldn’t see how it was possible to write a 15,000-word ebook in just 2 hours. Continue reading…
Many people believe that in order to write, you need to be fully inspired and motivated before you even sit down. But it’s not true.
Any serious writer (and by that I mean anyone who actually writes for a living, or who’s written several books) will tell you, inspiration doesn’t strike till after you sit down and start work. Continue reading…
I get asked all the time about how writers can earn more money because, let's face it, you're not going to get rich quick writing books.
But if you can set up a couple of niche blogs they can provide you with passive income while you get on with writig your books, and/or your freelance writing work. Continue reading…
A few days ago, I was reading Stephen Pressfield’s amazing book, The War Of Art, (a MUST-read for all writers IMHO) when I came across the word Avocation.
I’ve read this book many times so I’ve seen the word avocation before, but this time I decided to look it up. I knew what a vocation was but I’d never heard of an avocation. Continue reading…
We all know about the writing flow; that state you get into when the ideas just keep coming and you’re writing and writing and never want to stop.
For others, being in the flow is a state they get into when they’re doing something they love doing.
For writers, it’s a state of writing flow. Continue reading…
I’m always looking for more ways to earn money from my writing.
Being a writer is different to having a job because I never know how much money I’ll make every week. It’s different when you work for someone else because you know you’ll always get paid for the hours you work. Continue reading…
A few days ago I was re-reading my favourite book on productivity. It’s called ‘How to have a 48-hour day’ and it’s so inspiring that I keep reading it over and over.
The author, Don Aslett is one of the most productive people I’ve ever come across. Continue reading…
Last year, in 2020, I published a book I’d been writing called, Mission Critical For Life: Start Living Your Life on Your Terms by Pursuing Your True Life Mission.
The book was published in hardback and ebook in January and little did I know at the time was that it was the perfect book for people to read during a COVID lockdown, which at that time hadn’t happened - yet. Continue reading…
It’s one thing to want to write and earn money (and isn’t that what we all want?), but it can be another thing if you don’t know what to do.
And even if you do know what to do, it’s impossible to write if you’ve got writers’ block. Continue reading…
A few days ago I was reading about how we always say and write things in a certain order and there seems to be no reason how this ever came about, yet it's a standard we all stick to. Continue reading…
I recently read an article on the Writer’s Digest website, called 5 Pieces of Common Writing Advice You Should Absolutely Ignore. Continue reading…
Have you ever kept a journal? Someone recently told me that journalling is nothing more than writing out a daily diary. But to me it’s much more than that. It’s therapeutic and helps me to get my crazy monkey mind thinking creatively which instantly cures writer’s block. Continue reading…
We’ve all heard the saying that when it comes to earning money online from your writing, ‘Content is King’ and ‘Money Loves Speed.’
So can you imagine what would happen if you combined these two things together and wrote quality articles AND did it quickly with little or no effort required? Continue reading…
When we sit down to write a book, what we would love to write more than anything is a best seller - a book that sells in high numbers and has readers coming back and wanting to read our next book, and the next, and the next… Continue reading…
We all know that there are several genres for stories. But did you know that there are also many sub-genres too?
As a writer, it’s important to know the correct genre of your novel so that you can pitch it correctly to an agent/publisher, or so that you can publish it yourself and market it to the correct audience as well as letting library supply companies know exactly where your book belongs on library book shelves. Continue reading…
A Guest Article By Tony McManus
Though it may be a well-written prize winner, a one-off book, a stand-alone novel, has little chance of commercial success in today's reading market. The mass of readers wants recurring heroes, protagonists who return to deliver the goods in more adventures. It's something a reader can look forward to and feel comfortable with. Series novels are the thing. Continue reading…
“You are never too old to set a new goal or dream a new dream.” ~ C S Lewis
I love watching the trilogy of psychological movies by M Night Shyamalan - Unbreakable, Split and Glass. These movies are fascinating. Continue reading…
I am the first to admit that for the past year I’ve ben really slack about writing and for months last year (2020) I didn’t even do any, which is strange because when the COVID lockdown started, I thought (in fact I was certain) that it was a great opportunity to do more writing than I’d ever done before. Continue reading…
You might have noticed that for weeks now I’ve been really lazy about writing, to the point where I’ve barely done any at all.
Previously, I would sit and write every day, but then one day I just got busy with other things and stopped writing. Continue reading…