Blogging
Why bloggers should perform their writing
Reading your writing out loud is generally a good thing to do, whatever the medium, genre or format. It helps you understand the rhythm of your writing and, more often than not, it helps you discover punctuation and grammar glitches that you might not otherwise have noticed. Spoken word events
Time management and prioritising your priorities
Prioritise your priorities. Not my words, but the words of Rachelle Gardner [http://cba-ramblings.blogspot.com/2009/06/time-management.html] over at her blog about her life as a literary agent. But they could be my words, because that’s pretty much what I do when it comes to my
How to write about your life (without upsetting friends and family)
Whether you’re a poet or problogger, you will, at times, have an instinct to write autobiographically. As writers, we regularly follow the common piece of writing advice, to ‘write about what you know’. It’s in our nature to draw on personal experience and, in one way or another,
10 turn-offs for restless writers and pen-shy procrastinators
Writers don’t get it easy. Most of us spend our working lives sat at a computer screen. The very thing that’s supposed to help us write efficiently bombards us with distractions. But of course, it’s not just technology that keeps us from our hectic writing schedules. We’
Embrace your writing community, but don't be scared to say 'no'!
Writing can feel like a solitary pursuit at times. As scribes, we often hole ourselves up for hours on end with just our imaginations and computer screens for company. It can all seem terribly unhealthy. But it doesn’t have to be, not these days. The internet has given writers
