Because it’s not the big goals and successes in life that bring true happiness, but the little joys that you choose to notice each day… After a super quiet February, March was full of lovely things, yet I have to admit I feel like my brain is still in winter. I’ve been giving a lot […]
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A lot of writers love first drafts; ideas flow, that wordcount goes up and up, and new worlds come into being at their fingertips. Me, I’m more of a rewriter, and I think that’s for very good reason. First drafts are essential, of course, for creating the bones of a story and capturing all its
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Because it’s not the big goals and successes in life that bring true happiness, but the little joys that you choose to notice each day… I often struggle with February, but this one went very quickly and I felt quite content! The result of just the right work/life balance perhaps, and seeing some friends, and
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Because it’s not the big goals and successes in life that bring true happiness, but the little joys that you choose to notice each day… I don’t love January – does anyone? – and it’s typically extremely quiet for me work-wise which means I spend a lot of time in hibernation at home; if I’m
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How many people have you hurt today? Apparently, in the UK, we apologise an average eight times a day! Most of them, I expect, are throwaway courtesy ‘sorry’s – it leaves our lips without a thought. But sometimes I think the word ‘sorry’ might have suffered so much from overuse and misuse that it’s in
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Because it’s not the big goals and successes in life that bring true happiness, but the little joys that you choose to notice each day… YES, I confess, it has been QUIET here for a long time now. I hit a few roadblocks with it, and it was taking up too much of my time
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