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 Author guestposts
By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on January 27th, 2012
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 [...]
 Author guestposts
By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on November 23rd, 2011
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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By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on May 13th, 2011
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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By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on April 28th, 2011
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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By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on March 10th, 2011
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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By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on November 17th, 2010
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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By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on October 25th, 2010
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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By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on June 11th, 2010
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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By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on December 1st, 2009
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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