Archive for December, 2006
New Year’s Resolutions
I’ve alluded already to my 2007 Resolutions, but now on the cusp of 2007 it’s time to make it absolutely clear. I just signed up for a British psychologist’s study on New Year’s Resolutions and the piece of advice it gave me was this:
Go public: Many people keep their New Year’s Resolution to themselves. Unfortunately, [...]
Plenty of writing hope from Hope
During 2006 I’ve been carefully watching the dozens of email newsletters I subscribe to (80% of them related to writing, and the rest to travel). Some tell me nothing, some give nice hints and useful links. A couple are really excellent. And since one of my favourites landed in my in-box this morning, I thought [...]
Opening sentences
Another week’s gone by with little attention to fiction, but I’ll console myself by mentioning that 2007 hasn’t started yet, so not making NY Resolution progress is not yet a bad thing.
I did rediscover my copy of Sol Stein’s Stein On Writing and am ready to devour it again, along with his (IMHO) better How [...]
Starting a short story
Week 1 of the big new plan to become a fiction writer is over. Where have I got? Well, at least the idea of writing fiction has been budged a bit further to the front of my brain. Fingers to keyboard time was about 3 hours on Monday, all with the idea of writing a [...]
Learning about writing
When I moved back to Perth recently, I had the joy of unpacking boxes of books I hadn’t seen in six years. I also had the displeasure of deciding which of these I’d have to live without for another year or two, while I stay in a flat that just can’t accommodate the library of [...]
I’m gonna be a fiction writer!
With apologies and thanks to Jen Leo’s inspiring I Wanna Be A Travel Writer blog, I’m starting this new blog today to make good the promise I’ve made to myself: I will be a fiction writer. With 2007 looming round the corner, I’m ready to boldly and loudly and publicly make my Fiction Writing New [...]