Ten Tips for New Writers

This year I’m teaching a course called Write Your Book in 2011 (go to www.justwrite.net.au for details). I have a wonderful group of 11 committed fellow-writers who have decided to stop talking (or thinking) about writing a book and just write one. Preparing the...

Writing Competitions

Some writers write only for themselves, some write for their family and friends, some write in the hope that one day they will achieve fame and fortune with a New York Times Bestseller, while others write because they simply have no option. Whichever kind of writer...

It’s All About Balance

Last week I mentioned the Margie Lawson Online Course I completed in January, Defeating Self Defeating Behaviours. One of the epiphanies I had during the course – what Margie calls Aha! moments – was to do with balance. Not in the physical plant two feet...