I have written about Writing Marathons on the blog before. I did my first one back in 2015 – that process lead to the book “Values Count”. During that weekend, most of the ideas and word writing for that book actually happened. The second marathon took place in 2017. This time I had two books … Read more
I am in the middle of a writing marathon again. This time I decided not to blog about it, because – well, hey I’ve done that twice already over the last couple of years. So, in lieu of a string of posts, here is a short one mid-way through to describe briefly what is happening … Read more
During the Writing Marathon back in March I spent most of the time writing new material for the latest book. The title has mutated slightly, so that now it is called “The Journey to Wonder”. In the blog posts I wrote a lot about the process of writing, with plenty of statistics about the word … Read more
Yesterday morning when I blogged I was bewildered by mixed metaphors to some extent. The idea that this extended writing is like a marathon has its uses, but sometimes the metaphor stretches too far … and breaks. So, here we are at the end of the official marathon period. I set myself 4 clear goals. … Read more
The problem with working out loud, is that when it doesn’t go according to plan there is a massive temptation to either go quiet, or to avoid being honest about what is happening. That’s the truth! I wanted to write 15,000 words, 8 poems and a handful of blog posts by the end of this … Read more
Sometimes it’s easy to take a superficial view and get fed up! No words being written becomes seen as a lack of activity. Not true! No words have been added to “A Journey of Wonder” since Friday. And that feels uncomfortable. Overnight I’ve been wondering what’s going on. Then this morning – in the shower (of … Read more
Here we are – Saturday afternoon and I have not written a word yet today. I am stuck. Now, before I tempt you to think that this is writer’s block: that’s a concept I don’t believe in, so it can’t be that. I had some non-writing jobs to do this morning, so I didn’t find … Read more
It’s early evening of the first day of the writing marathon. So far so good! I’ve been working, head down and writing for much of the day. To be fair, it took me a while of circling the material before I finally started. After some time, but not too long, going through email and finding … Read more
Friday morning and time to start the writing marathon. This is the second time I have done a writing marathon. The first one took place in August 2015, so there has been quite a gap in between, taken up with figuring out how to turn a manuscript into a fully fledged book (Values Count). Over … Read more
In the last few weeks I have published “Values Count“, after a long haul figuring out how to produce a paperback book. Some achievement I think, although I am only now emerging from being mauled by the Inner Critic beast (ICB for short) that ran loose for a couple of weeks after the book came … Read more