Too much butter on my bread, too much social media, and too many late nights. Sound familiar? Except, one bad habit I’ve developed about working on my business has ceased over the last six weeks. If you’re a business owner or aspiring author, do your plans for the...
Photo by Vicko Mozara on Unsplash How are your writing plans going this year? Are you on track? Here, it’s the summer break and today the children are fighting again. This familiar pattern follows the end of most school terms. I start off with big plans...
Photo by Jack Hamilton on Unsplash As writers, we’re encouraged to avoid the smorgasbord of clichés when cooking up our next piece of copy or simmering in our creative juices. Yet several corny chestnuts have stood me in good stead during the indigestion-inducing mess...
One of my secret hobbies is catastrophizing. And I love dystopian books. I find them handy how-to guides. I’m a self-taught gardener in case supply chains collapse or supermarkets empty (even though that could never ever happen, right…). Between you and me, I’m a...
