by Jane Maree | 8 November 2019 | Writing |
Sometimes I come up with good blog post ideas. Other times, I come up with ideas, and I’m honestly not sure if they’re good or not, but I’m just going to run with it anyway and see how this turns out! The title is fairly explanatory of today’s...
by Jane Maree | 1 November 2019 | Writing |
It feels like heaps too long since I did a writing update on my blog, so with the coming of NaNoWriMo once again I thought it was the perfect time to fix that! Some of you will know that most of this year I’ve been working on and off on my novel A Sprig...
by Jane Maree | 25 October 2019 | Life, Writing |
Disclaimer: this is a humourous post meant to amuse, not to instruct. You have been warned. 😉 Since last week’s post turned out to be actually helpful, and overall I’ve been a decently useful person lately…I’m way past due for another 101 post....
by Jane Maree | 13 September 2019 | Life, Writing |
Editing is hard work. First of all, you have to make some sense of that first draft chaos. Then you have to make it actually good. All the characters and the plot and the world building and all. the. things. And it doesn’t happen after one lot of edits. (I...
by Jane Maree | 5 July 2019 | Life, Writing |
Deadlines are a necessary part of the writer’s life. Sometimes they can be great motivation to get that project finished, but other times they can be stress! And panic!! 😱 I (unfortunately) can’t say that I’ve discovered the secret to a completely stress-free...
by Jane Maree | 7 June 2019 | Books, Writing |
When you only realise the header image has the wrong words two minutes before publishing the post, but it’s too late to change it now. 🙈 Good morning one and all and welcome to Jane Makes Up Stuff Because None Of Her Other Ideas Were Working Today. In...
by Jane Maree | 10 May 2019 | Life, Writing |
As I’m sitting down to write this post, I actually have no idea what I’m going to say, but I’m here to say it anyway! (I’m not sure if that’s a bad thing or a good thing. 😂) I actually haven’t done a general ‘updates’...
by Jane Maree | 3 May 2019 | Writing |
It’s pretty common knowledge that to be a writer, you have to spend a lot of time sitting around writing. It makes sense, then, that most of the writers I’ve met are introverts. They’re lovely human beans with imaginations like the sun as it bursts...
by Jane Maree | 12 April 2019 | Writing |
Disclaimer: this is a humourous post meant to amuse, not to instruct. You have been warned. 😉 Here’s a little behind the scenes peek at my 101 posts. Cover your ears quickly, if you actually thought these were legitimately serious writing advice posts, because...
by Jane Maree | 8 March 2019 | Writing |
Comparing yourself to other people is never a good idea. Either you get proud and think less of them, or you get depressed and think less of yourself. Neither is a good state of mind, needless to say. However, comparison isn’t always bad, if you compare to the...
