April 23, 2014 NaNoWriMo, Publishing, Writing books, creating, fiction, fruitfulness, goals, kids, life, manuscript, novel, productivity, progress, words, work

Being a Prolific Writer

The word ‘prolific‘ is one I’d love to be labelled with… Oh look, she’s turned out another bestseller book! What a prolific writer she is… I’ve aimed at ridiculous wordcounts per day, I’ve pantsed and plotted and settled into a happy combination of both. I’ve changed my sleeping habits, tried NaNoWriMo, read a ton […]

January 22, 2014 Family Stuff, Prophetic words, Writing Christianity, creating, creativity, deadlines, desire, dreams, family, focus, fruitfulness, goals, God, hope, humour, inspiration, life, manuscript, progress, publishing, waiting

2014: Syncing and Downloading

I’ve had this post regarding new years resolutions brewing for weeks now and I thought it would be best to get it out before January is over. Good plan, yes? Did you make any? How is that working out for you? I don’t do resolutions for the simple reason it’s like drawing a line in the […]

November 12, 2013 NaNoWriMo, Writing books, creating, creativity, deadlines, dreams, fiction, fruitfulness, goals, manuscript, novel, priorities, productivity, progress, words, work

Na-NOOOOOOO!-WriMo

I signed up for Nano again this year. Can you read the stupid tattoo on my forehead? Yeah, thought so. You see, I write slowly. For a slow writer to sign up for Nano is like being lactose intolerant at an all-you-can-drink-milkshake bar. Sooner or later there will be pain and suffering. Right now […]

September 22, 2013 Family Stuff, Theatre, Writing creating, creativity, dancing, dreams, family, fiction, focus, fruitfulness, goals, God, hope, humour, inspiration, Jesus, kids, manuscript, novel, productivity, publishing

265 in… 100 to go

My diary informs me that today is the 265th day of 2013. There are 100 days until another year bites the dust. Its enough to make my head split in half. I’ve been scarce here, I know. I do poke my nose in to check up on you every so often. Quietly, like a mouse. […]

October 13, 2012 Writing adverbs, creating, creativity, dreams, fiction, goals, hope, manuscript, novel, progress, publishing, waiting, words, work

There’s an elephant in the room

This past week I revisited the first three chapters of my first novel for the sake of querying just for fun. I’ve been around the block with this one, each time they were requested, those three chapters would dust themselves off and play ambassador for the chapters waiting in the wings, hoping for their turn. […]

September 19, 2012 Writing books, creating, deadlines, despair, dreams, fiction, focus, fruitfulness, goals, humour, inspiration, kids, life, manuscript, novel, pressure, priorities, productivity, progress, words, work

Amazing in utero photo for writers

You know when your friends get preggy and suddenly facebook is littered with murky scan pics that could just as easily be elephants or aliens? Well I’m proud to share MY latest in utero pic with you … Everyone… meet Finding Mia… She is 1/8th of the size she’ll be when fully grown. Much development […]

April 7, 2012 Family Stuff, Prophetic words, Writing books, chaos, Christianity, creating, dreams, external, family, focus, fruitfulness, goals, God, inspiration, kids, life, vision, waiting

Things aren’t what they seem…

If you had peeped into my bedroom this morning at 8, you would have thought – look at that lazy thing, tucked up under the duvet doing nothing. You would have, in fact, been dead wrong. Oh yes – to a casual observer it would seem that I was lying very snug and still, but what you […]

March 13, 2012 Prophetic words, Writing Christianity, creating, creativity, desire, dreams, focus, fruitfulness, God, hope, inspiration, joy, life, waiting, words

Goosies and salty tears

My heart has a way of recognising truth long before my mind catches up. When truth hits home inside of me, two things happen – I get goosebumps all down my arms and I find myself blubbing like a baby. Without fail. Every time. As a writer, I get excited when I go goosies. Simply […]

April 15, 2010 Writing creating, inspiration

Inspired by a cornflake?

My nearly-12 year old has an artistic streak. I never realised how deep it ran till the day she took an hour to eat a bowl of cornflakes. Instead of yelling, “Hurry UP!” (my default response to anything slower than full tilt), I watched her for a while. She would dip her spoon into the bowl, […]