I’ve touched on gender issues in writing before but here’s a slightly different take on the same subject. What if the gender imbalance at the top of the literary tree – the higher proportions of men in the high-kudos publications and on the prize shortlists – is because women are more emotional? A prickly...
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No, we don’t have a sick note from our mothers. But in case you were enjoying what we were up do, and hoping for a little more, a brief note about the silence. The immediate aftermath of my much-desired book deal – coupled not long after with the awarding of my doctorate – has...
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So what exactly is EFT? Why do we think its a brilliant tool for writers and people who want to be writers? Let’s start with the basics. EFT stands for Emotional Freedom Technique. It’s sometimes called ‘tapping’ and is sometimes described as “acupuncture without needles”. From a personal familiarity with acupuncture, however, I...
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A couple of weeks ago, Kate and I ran the ‘Fearless Readings for Writers’ live module for the first time. It’s very important to us that we deliver measurable results, so on arrival, each participant was given a questionnaire that included ten negative and ten positive statements (specific to reading their work in...
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Fancy being a guinea pig and getting free help with your writing? We’ve been a little quiet on the website of late, for good reason: Kate and I are recording the modules of our new “Breakthrough Writers Block” online programme. The aim is to clear the psychological blocks that get in the...
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You know how it is. You want to write but you can’t seem to get down to it. Perhaps you are suffering from writers’ block. Or perhaps you can’t even get to your desk. After all, there is always something more pressing to do. Look after your family. Do that thing for work. Water...
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