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Episode #05 The Worried Writer: Annie Lyons ‘You can lead me anywhere with a...
In this episode I chat to bestselling author of romantic comedy, Annie Lyons. Annie and I signed with Carina at around the same time and her debut novel, Not Quite Perfect, came out a month after mine....
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How To Build A Writing Habit The Easy Way
So you want to start writing regularly? Or you want to increase your current productivity and write more every week/month/year… I’m going to reveal the secret in this post. Or, more accurately, I’ve...
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Episode #08 The Worried Writer: Joanna Penn ‘I measure my life by what I create’
This episode features Joanna Penn, a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author writing heart-pounding thrillers under the name J.F. Penn, as well as non-fiction books for authors. Joanna is a...
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Got The NaNoWriMo Blues? Five Ways To Get Unstuck
If you’re doing NaNoWriMo (or are slogging though a first draft at any time!) there will be plenty of days when you get stuck. Don’t panic! First off, know that this is entirely normal. It doesn’t...
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How To Write Your Novel Ten Minutes At A Time
In the last podcast, I answered this great question from Helen Redfern. I’ve have had enough messages since to know that it’s an issue for lots of folk, so I thought I’d jot down my answer and add a...
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Motivation For Creative People by Mark McGuinness
Subtitled ‘How to stay creative while gaining money, fame and reputation’, this book sounded right up my street… And it was! I like my self-help to have a strong practical side and this book delivers...
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The Worried Writer Episode 12: Mark McGuinness ‘Start with your curiosity’
Mark McGuinness is a poet, creative coach, and author of non-fiction. As well as coaching individuals and businesses, Mark runs two highly successful websites for creatives, Lateral Action and...
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Five Productivity Hacks That Will Help You Write More
As the recovering Queen of Procrastination, I know more than a little about this subject. Let me begin by saying that I know it’s not easy. If you are procrastinating horribly and repeatedly, please...
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How To Write More Every Day And Enjoy It!
Recently I completed a course on productivity taught by Dean Wesley Smith, a writer with forty years experience in the business. Dean has published over a hundred novels and he blogs daily about his...
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The Worried Writer Episode #16: Cesca Major ‘Being rejected is hideous’
My guest today is Cesca Major. Cesca is a fascinating interviewee as she writes in two genres under different names. Cesca’s debut historical novel, The Silent Hours, was published last year by...
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The Worried Writer Episode #18: Nina Harrington ‘It Was All About Fear’
Nina Harrington published her first romance in 2009 and since then she has won awards with her fiction, been translated into 23 languages, and sold over a million books worldwide. As well as...
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The Worried Writer #21: Deadlines and Mild Concussion
Just a short episode this month and there is no author interview – apologies! I am buried under a deadline and some life stuff and, as alluded to in the title, I also managed to faint and bang my head...
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The Worried Writer Episode #22: Holly Martin ‘I Just Love Writing’
Holly Martin is the author of funny, romantic fiction and paranormal YA, including her successful White Cliff Bay series, One Hundred Proposals and The Guestbook. Holly was shortlisted for the New...
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The Worried Writer Episode #23: Super-Charge Your Writing Goals for 2017!
Happy new year! This is a short episode to kick off 2017 and I reveal my tip for super-charging your goals. In the January 2016 episode, I defined what makes a good goal and how to set one, and this...
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My 2017 Writing Goals
It might not make interesting reading (sorry!) but I found it so useful to set out my goals last year and the added terror of putting them in public was truly motivational, so I’m doing it again!...
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Five Tools To Help You Smash Your Writing Goals This Year
It’s the time of year for goal setting and making resolutions. See mine here! But when it comes to the next twelve months, how do we stay on track? How do we make sure we achieve our writing goals and...
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The Worried Writer Ep#26 Rachael Lucas ‘I’m horrible when I’m writing!’
My guest today, Rachael Lucas, writes contemporary romantic fiction for Pan Macmillan. Her titles include Coming Up Roses and Wildflower Bay, and her first YA novel, The State of Grace is coming out...
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Publication Day Contest for Stop Worrying; Start Writing!
Hooray! My first non-fiction book, Stop Worrying; Start Writing is finally out in the world! It has had some wonderful reviews already (pause for big sigh of relief!): ‘I’m a huge fan of The Worried...
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The Worried Writer Episode #27: Tracy Buchanan ‘Write A Novel That You Want...
My guest today is Tracy Buchanan, author of The Atlas of Us, No Turning Back and the number one bestseller, My Sister’s Secret. My Sister’s Secret was one of the top ten bestselling books of 2015 and...
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2017 Goals: Halfway There?
As regular visitors know, I’m a massive fan of setting goals. During the last couple of years, I have aired mine in public for some extra motivation (accountability!) and as an exercise in ‘feeling...
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