Why you should sometimes take a break from writing and how to go about it It is my goal to be an accomplished writer. I use this word deliberately: accomplished. To me it says two things: Skilled Recognized I tend to steer clear of the word “success” because to me it has become tainted. It is…
…and that’s just what they’ll do The Change seems to have its perks, after all The Change and Gravity aren’t the best of friends. But while the majority of my body seems to be drooping and sagging, my breasts are perkier than ever and even seem to be growing. Ironic.
How to keep rolling with the punches as time goes by “I don’t believe in ageing. I believe in forever altering one’s aspect to the sun. Hence my optimism. And to alter now, cleanly and sanely, I want to shuffle off this loose living randomness: people; reviews; fame; all the glittering scales; and be withdrawn, and…
Why would you want to be a writer anyway? “A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul, and that, I am sure, is why he does it” ― Roald Dahl Right after my Medium Milestone — my first 500 followers…
What my first 500 Medium followers mean to me “I am I: and I must follow that furrow, not copy another. That is the only justification for my writing, living.” ― Virginia Woolf, A Writer’s Diary When I first — tentatively — started writing on Medium, I could not believe my good fortune when I…
And why that is OK I had made my plans. Found my resolve. My abandoned fantasy novel well and truly on my mind at the start of this month. I was ready to go NaNoWriMo. And then I didn’t. Still a week to November 2019 and I haven’t written a word of my novel. There’s…