Tag: procrastination

Procrastination? Just an Unwelcome Visitor

Procrastination? Just an Unwelcome Visitor

Every day, around 4:00 p.m., I get this craving to write, like others yearn for a cup of tea or a chocolate biscuit. Sometimes I manage all three. Though usually just tea and choc. Some folks say it’s writers block – I call it procrastination. It walks in, shuts down my laptop, follows my every […]

May 12, 2015 | By | 4 Replies More
Procrastination

Procrastination

I’m just over halfway through writing my novel and the whole process reminds me of the one time I went on a diet. I started it on the Monday morning, which is of course the Law of Diets, and by Tuesday lunchtime I was feeling a little bit thinner and very virtuous. Look at me, […]

October 27, 2014 | By | 26 Replies More
Just Getting On With It

Just Getting On With It

When Books By Women asked me to write this blog post, I was both delighted and scared witless. I am a woman who writes and has had some success with short stories, but as yet I have to finish the book and find someone foolhardy enough to publish it.  In short, I felt a bit […]

May 12, 2011 | By | 27 Replies More