I’m fairly sure it’s not this. “Convincing” doesn’t mean “real” OK, I’m going to say it. Plugging some prompts into ChatGPT and calling yourself a writer is like putting a frozen TV dinner into the microwave, pushing some buttons, and calling yourself a chef. Photo by Stepan Kulyk on Unsplash Generative AI is a compiler …
The pressure creatives feel in challenging times No matter what creative field you’re in, you do what you do because you’re attuned to the world and the people in it, so when that world is in trouble, it can be a struggle keeping perspective about the things going on around you. Allowing the creative muse …
Every writer’s been there. That terrible moment where we really should be writing, but choose to do anything but. Here are the tricks that get me writing again.
The question I’m asked most often by aspiring writers is how it’s done; my answer is pretty simple: Write… Just write… then write some more. This is expanding on one of the points I made the other day about some of the things that work for me as a writer. And this is in response …
Over @threads, the debate about whether or not audio books can be considered ‘real’ books and whether listening to them actually constitutes ‘reading’ has reared its head again. A disclaimer, first. I do have a horse in this particular race for a couple of reasons. For one, the audio book of my novel, The Water …
Writing isn’t easy, or everyone would do it. But if you’ve been bitten by the bug, that’s it. You’re done. And if you’ve caught the disease, I’m here to help. If you won’t be satisfied until you’re chained to a keyboard churning out your magnus opus, you may well like some advice. And that’s where …
So now I embark on what ranks as my least favourite part of the “oh, hey, yeah, I’m a writer” way of life. The sitting around waiting after my manuscript has been sent out for consideration. Right now, it’s with my agent. If she gives it the thumbs up, it goes out to publishers. Which …
Pining at the moment. *Sigh*. Take me back! Because I’m back home after three months spent on a working holiday in Europe. It came about because the husband and I decided to see how we’d go parking ourselves in three places for a month apiece. We chose the Andalucian town of Gaucin in Spain, the …
Is it any wonder so many of us writer-types who sit behind a keyboard most of the day are at risk of becoming a little… erm… husky? For a start, there’s the “sit behind a keyboard most of the day” part of the job. My fingers run a goddamned marathon between 9 and 5. Who …
Writing has got to be the most sedentary of occupations, right? So riddle me this… why on earth do I end up so damned peckish during the day? If I was a tradie or someone moving all day to make a living (how’s that for a good “catch-all” descriptor?) it’d make sense. And sure, I …