Trying for some focus: Are you languishing?

There was recently an article in the New York Times that made me have an ah-ha moment: “There’s a Name for the Blah You’re Feeling: It’s called languishing,” by Adam Grant. If you have access to The Times (they allow you one or two articles a month for free, other...

Getting unstuck with a mind map

Do you think visually? Have you tried mind-mapping? I’m not normally a visual thinking, but right now I’m pretty stuck. I’m trying to write a Christmas novella and it’s just like pulling a square out of a round hole that I’ve jammed in there really hard. It’s not...

Who are you: Your Author Brand

I am not a marketing specialist. I’m hardly competent at marketing but, nevertheless, I’ve been doing it for a very long time (yes, just because you’ve been doing something for a long time does not actually mean you know what you’re doing – sad to say!). One thing...