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
Earlier in the week I mentioned that my new book has just been published and is available on Amazon. Here are the opening paragraphs from the Introduction: “It’s all about the money – that seems to be the measure by which everything is judged these days. Every day we hear about new scandals relating to … Read more
Yes, today is launch day. I’ve broken all of the rules. Apparently, the idea is to get ready for book launch – prepare all your social media, have pre-release copies ready to share with people to get reviews on Amazon. Did I do any of that? No, it took so long to get to this … Read more
This blog post is the opening words of the new book which I am writing this year. The book explores key coaching themes and reflections from my coaching practise… It had begun as a weird feeling in the pit of my stomach, the sense that it would take just one simple little irritant to push me over the … Read more
It’s having the courage to push forwards with ideas even when the inner critic is screaming in your ear. And that voice is laughing at you. Oh, and asking you if you realise how ridiculous it is to pursue projects that will probably be seen by less than a hundred people. Oh, and many of … Read more
It has been a while since I wrote a note to self on the blog. Earlier this afternoon, I was drawn to look at the manuscript of the novel which I have written. By “drawn to look” I mean that I found myself reading through it as a beautiful distraction for what I should have … Read more