by Rananda | Feb 12, 2021 | Business, Hard Work, Mental Health, Productivity, Writing
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...
by Rananda | Nov 30, 2020 | Business, Ghostwriting, Writing
Talking about publication is irrelevant unless your writing exists Last month, someone asked me for advice about how to get published for the first time. It’s a big question with many answers depending on where the writer is in the writing, editing, marketing,...
by Rananda | Nov 1, 2020 | Copywriting, Writing
Twenty years ago, I began escaping into the fantastical world of Robin Hobb’s multiple trilogies. I wouldn’t dare start the first book of each set until I knew the third was published. I was so absorbed in this fantasy world, I couldn’t face an unfinished story. In...
by Rananda | Oct 25, 2020 | Public Speaking, Writing
An adrenaline shot excites my heart, but my throat tightens; I’m unwilling to talk. Why is someone interviewing me? I’m not planning to re-join the ranks of the employed anytime soon, so this can’t be a job interview. But maybe I’ve become a famous author, or...
by Rananda | Oct 2, 2020 | Writing
Following the recession of the early nineties, I felt the weight of parental expectation to ‘make the most of your potential’ and choose a proper job. Unlike their wishes for me, my parents’ careers had veered from law to fruit farming and hypnotherapy meandering back...
