Wednesday 3rd May 2017 The post-novel blues continued today. In fact, if anything, they got a little worse. It’s possible that health-related stress contributed to bringing me down, but I felt very despondent regarding my writing: everything I’m working towards isn’t going to happen, good things that happened were a mistake, I have a false [...]
Friday 28th April 2017 As you know, I like to write each edition of The Climb at the end of the day and then edit the next day. In the interests of full disclosure, this one was written at the start of the next day (for reasons you’ll find out). My current schedule is leaving [...]
Tuesday 18th April 2017 It always amazes me when people actively get in the way of your aims. I have a hard job understanding why. It’s almost as if they resent the fact that they acknowledge your progress. They’ll actively throw roadblocks in your way, sometimes under the guise that they think it will help [...]
Tuesday 11th April 2017 One of the big life aims of most writers is to one day earn enough from your writing that you could do it full-time. For most writers it’s the impossible dream. Even if you are able to get a book deal that pays you an advance, to earn one that actually [...]
Monday 10th April 2017 Today I learnt that I’ve already won. Now let me start by saying that we need to be clear about the definition of winning. For you, that might be interpreted as writing a bestseller or an award-winning book, but for me it’s subtly different. Winning is about ensuring that I’ve done [...]
Saturday 8th April 2017 Today has seen some glorious weather. We’re finally into the season where you can go out in just a T-Shirt and not feel cold. It’s a sign that summer is well on its way. And how do I know this? Was it because I spent all day in the sunshine? Or was [...]
February is always tough for me. I’m not entirely sure why. Maybe it takes me a month to get my plans for the year into action. Last year February saw me struggle with rewrites and decide to get my health in order. It signalled the start of a very tough year. This year, February once [...]
Friday 7th April 2017 The issues with the day job that I talked about yesterday put me in a strange mood today. As a result I got very little day job work done. It also had the knock-on effect on my writing as well. I had a big Amazon delivery arrive today. I got a [...]
Thursday 30th March 2017 You’d think waking at 10am would have resulted in me feeling rested. However, given the events of yesterday, I’m still owed about 6 hours sleep even after my 7 hour nap last night. On the plus side, my day job day was much shorter than normal. On the downside I still [...]
Sunday 26th March 2017 I hate it that the clocks go forward. Not only do you have to change all your clocks (although with the advent of internet connectivity that is quickly becoming a thing of the past) but when you are working on The Climb at 2am knowing you have to be out the [...]
