THE WIDER CURRENCY OF CRITICISM
Instead of taking each review too much to heart, try to see it for what it is: Useful feedback to extract...
CRITICISM IS GOOD FOR YOU
Hey writer, do you know that criticism can be good for you? It’s actually true, and today I’m here to tell you why. “The…
CRITIQUE MAKES YOU STRONGER
CRITIQUE & REVIEWS Hey writer, do you believe that critique makes you stronger? Most of us could share quite a few stories about the…
DO YOU KNOW WHY IT HURTS?
CRITIQUE & REVIEWS Do you know why it hurts? Criticism stings, and it can sting even more for writers as it relates to something…
NOT ALL FEEDBACK IS VALID
CRITIQUE & REVIEWS Not all feedback is valid. I can’t stress this enough, so I’ll say it again: Not all feedback is valid! As…
JUST DON’T BE A DICK
CRITIQUE & REVIEWS Once upon a time I used to love reading the reviews in The Sunday Times. It was my most precious indulgence…
A BOOK OF MY LIFE?
DAILY WRITING PROMPTS 11 IT’S MY LIFE and, provided it was penned by a decent author, it would probably make for a rather fascinating…
I WANT IT RAW AND KINKY
DAILY WRITING PROMPTS 10 ICE CREAM FLAVOURS… Funnily enough, when it comes to ice cream I am very much a vanilla kinda girl. And…
MY GREATEST FEAR
DAILY WRITING PROMPTS 9 MY GREATEST fear… Now, isn’t that an interesting question to be faced with right now? If I were to be…
A TEACHER I REMEMBER
DAILY WRITING PROMPTS 8 THE TEACHER that had the most impact on my life? Hmm… I feel like I need to preface my answer…
HAVE YOU EVER FELT HELPLESS?
DAILY WRITING PROMPTS 7 I’VE FELT pretty helpless ever since this blasted pandemic started. It has put my whole life on hold and cut…
THE MOST WE’VE BEEN APART
DAILY WRITING PROMPTS 6 JONAH, YOU are my favourite person in the whole wide world! I can’t believe it’s been two years since we last…
THE OPENING SENTENCE
DAILY WRITING PROMPTS 6 DEATH ARRIVED by brewery truck/lorry (döden kom med ölbil). That’s the opening sentence in The Democratic Terrorist (Den demokratiske terroristen), Swedish…
PAIN IS TEMPORARY
DAILY WRITING PROMPTS 4 MY FAVOURITE quote, that has become my motto in life, is: “Pain is temporary – losing is forever.” Pretty sure…
#11 ON MY BUCKET LIST
DAILY WRITING PROMPTS 3 THE 11th ITEM on my bucket list is actually something fitting for this blog. I want to get a rejection…
NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS
DAILY WRITING PROMPTS 2 THE ANSWER IS YES. New Year’s Resolutions are my thing. I’ve been writing mine in the (very) early morning hours…
WHERE I WANTED TO BE
DAILY WRITING PROMPTS 1 WELL LOOK AT THAT! This mammoth task started out a lot easier than I thought it would. Short answer: I…
SPOOKY END TO PREPTOBER
WELCOME TO the very last of this year’s preptober, or InstaWrimo, posts. It’s Day 31 and for some readers it may be time to…
FUN AUTHOR PHOTO
I CAN’T HELP feeling like the InstaWrimo team ran out of prompt ideas toward the end of this challenge. The last couple of prompts…
SHOW ME A SHELFIE
A SHELFIE, they said… Only three more days to go before we have completed InstaWrimo and can begin the real challenge. Today (Day 29)…
