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Writer! be brave, be borderless - Guestpost from Morgana Morgaine

I am delighted to welcome a one-time client of mine, Morgana Morgaine, to guestpost for me today. Her recently published book is a goodie and her story will inspire any of you out there who are stuck in a rut or think you may be too old to make a change and do what you love. If you love playing with words then the way she writes will delight you as much as it delighted me. You could eat [...]

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Every cloud has a silver lining, guestpost by Sarah Koblow

If you are reading this and you too are struggling with your life and relationships please be encouraged, keep going, take a step forward, Turning Points will show you how. You never know what treasure may be waiting for you just around the next [...]

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Limbering up

Do you ever sabotage your own happiness? Do you stop yourself from doing things you really want to do? I’m a bit like that with singing. And I expect some of you are the same with your writing. In my May column for the Hague Online, where I am writer in residence, I share new ways you could try to get into the [...]

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The write move

Don’t stare at a blank screen, just get moving; move your fingers over the keyboard; move your body to a new location; move your eyes around the room, or better still, move your arms and legs, put on your walking shoes, you know, the ones that have a big tick on the side and that remind you to ‘just do it’? [...]

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A new word for writers - self-efficacy

How a talk about parenting inspires new writers to beat the fear and teaches them how to improve their craft and start to believe in themselves and be [...]

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A taste of my own medicine

Three tips to help writers stop procrastinating, beat the fear, get feedback and send their work out. Wisdom from Paul Gardner and Megan [...]

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Finding your writing mojo

Motivation.

My students often ask me for advice on how to stay motivated. I tell them that even I have problems sometimes. Yes, despite 27 books, thousands of articles and goodness knows what else I have written and published. So, it was with that thought in mind,  when I found myself staring at a blank screen [...]

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Excuses, excuses – how to squash them flat!

There are many reasons for procrastination and putting off doing something we love to do – like writing. Bute they are all excuses and here I set about squashing them all – [...]

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You've Got to Believe It

This piece also appeared in my December newsletter, the Inspirer. To sign up please click on the sign up box that you can find on my website -  just there on the right.

The issues that bug writers, such as procrastination, writers’ block and lack of motivation prevent them from fulfilling their potential. There are many [...]

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