On holiday
I’m off for the week, escaping the city scene of Vancouver and enjoying walking and cooking on Salt Spring Island. Best of all, I have a big bag of books to take with me! Will be back to my blog next Tuesday, March 17/20.
How do you stop being loyal to your suffering?
Reading time: About 5 minutes If writing is making you miserable, don’t be loyal to your suffering! Here’s what to do instead…. Are you one of those writers who expects writing to be difficult, challenging, boring and — most alarmingly — unsuccessful? I’ve worked with people like that and I’ll
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Is productivity shame killing your writing?
Did the phrase “productivity shame” in the headline cause your heart to skip a beat (in an alarming way) or make you blush with self-recognition? Such shame — the feeling that you could, and should, be doing more — is practically a contagious disease in today’s society. No matter how any hours we work, no
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What does the word ‘speculaas’ mean?
Reading time: Less than 1 minute Increase your vocabulary and you’ll make your writing much more precise. That’s why I provide a word of the week. Today’s word: speculaas… I picked up the new novel Akin by Emma Donoghue with eager anticipation. I’d enjoyed her earlier book Room (although I
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The benefits of boredom…
Reading time: Less than 4 minutes I know this may sound crazy, but, for writers, the benefits of boredom outweigh its downsides…. I’m going to ask you to do something difficult. I’d like you to stop seeing boredom as automatically undesirable, bad or negative. Instead, I ask you to see
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Are you getting enough sleep for writing?
I’ve had sleep problems for most of my life even though I’m lucky enough to need fewer ZZZs than many people (seven hours is usually plenty for me). Back when I was in high school/university, and a chronic procrastinator, I’d use my relatively low sleep need to stay up half the night writing essays. I
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What is ‘schist’?
Reading time: Less than 1 minute Increase your vocabulary and you’ll make your writing much more precise. That’s why I provide a word of the week. Today’s word: schist… My uncle was a geologist but I never even took a basic overview course while in school. (A die-hard ‘artsie,’ I
PubCoach Top 10: February 2020
Reading time: About 4 minutes The tuxedos, the fancy ball gowns and the red carpet: what else could it be but the peak of the awards season, the Oscars? I’m not wearing Swarovski crystals to present these awards for the best articles or pots I read this month. But on
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Why small habits make a big difference
I recently wrote a blog post about 10 books that changed my life. One work that didn’t make the list but that probably should have was James Clear’s very fine book Atomic Habits. (I didn’t include it because I’d already named two other books with the word ‘habit’ in the title, and because I thought
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What does ‘tamasha’ mean?
Reading time: Less than 1 minute Increase your vocabulary and you’ll make your writing much more precise. That’s why I provide a word of the week. Today’s word: tamasha…. I don’t typically read murder mysteries, particularly not ones in a series, which I often find a bit too predictable for
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