Save the Cat
If you’d like to write a novel but don’t know how to begin, Save The Cat Writes a Novel is a great book to read.
Motivation
How do you keep writing? Should you write every day, even when you don’t feel like it? Or wait for inspiration to strike?
The Ordeal of the Writing Class
Find a writing group, they said. It’ll be supportive and encouraging, they said. Well, I found one. And it wasn’t.
Four Book Reviews
Four very different but equally wonderful books including a quirky and rather brilliant debut novel.
Are good writers born or made?
I want to write a novel. How hard can it be? Is it something I can learn to do? Or is writing fiction a talent you need to be born with?
Do self-help books work?
Can I manage my time better, ,become a highly effective person, and win friends and influence people by reading a book?
Creativity: a change in thinking
I love being creative but when I compare my efforts with other people’s, mine don’t seem good enough. Does it matter?
Risking rejection
That friend I’ve lost touch with but wish I hadn’t? Should I try to reconnect? Or just accept the friendship’s over?
Does internet dating work?
On 1st January 2012, I wrote a blog post about why internet dating didn’t work. But since then, I’ve changed my mind.
Ten a day
A report in The Guardian suggests we should all be eating ten portions of fruit and veg a day. But is that a tall order? Or can we do it?