Dear Parents, Acknowledge Your Achievements!
Parenting is a journey filled with ups and downs, joys and challenges—a testimony to love and dedication. As a mother or father with grown children, it is quite possible that you have not given yourself any acknowledgement or praise for your achievements as a parent. You probably haven’t even thought about it much at all!…
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Writers Block!
Today is the first day in months that I have managed to successfully write more than a paragraph in my novel. I am SO relieved that the dry spell has ended! So why did I get it? Honestly, I don’t know. I was on a streak, and then creativity just failed me. The storyline started…
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Guide to Creating a Children’s Book in Canva for KDP!
My novel writing has come to a grinding halt. I could list several reasons, but as they would sound like excuses, I will refrain from boring you with the details right now. Let’s just say I am sixteen chapters deep (around 35,000 words), and the next step in the plot has managed to elude me.…
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Novel Excerpt | A Narrow Escape
They parted ways and, with the dogs running ahead, Caleb made his way north, his curiosity propelling him towards the misfit building they had spoken about. At first it was easy going, their route pretty much on the well-kept pathways of the estate. As they progressed, however, the pathway became smaller and more and more…
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Novel Excerpt | A Kick in the Head
Charles headed up the path to his house and, after several failed attempts, finally managed to get his key into the front door lock. Steadying himself against the rough outside wall, he unlocked the door and flung it open. Having now let go of both the wall and the door handle he found himself unbalanced…
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Learnings From 20,000 Feet
First 20,000 words of an actual novel have been written, by me. Shoooweee, who would have thunk! The main characters have colour, the story line is taking shape and I’m feeling pretty darn good! Here are a few things I have learnt so far. I would so love to hear your thoughts too, let’s chat…
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Ooh La La!
My son and a friend kindly agreed to do some initial proofreading for my novel. After resonating on the fact that they would be proofreading the sex scene I had just written (#Horror), I found myself overly concerned with its content. This is not a raunchy novel by any means, but this part was very…
Keep readingA New Chapter!
Its time to buckle down and write my first novel. I have a few failed book attempts under my belt so I’m going for the, “there is no try, only do” Yoda experience this time round. Funny how often that Star Wars quote leaves my lips! So, a clue to my age (50 going on…
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