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Love it or hate it, technology is a survival skill for writers in a world where the Internet dominates communication and culture. The good news is that writer technology has always got your back. If you carry a smartphone, you’ve can have everything you need with you. Any day. Any time. Brilliant idea in the supermarket…

Mostly I worked. I took on a new part-time job. Now I have four of those plus writing. The problem with part-time jobs is they are like kindergarten colouring. They never stay inside the lines. They bleed into each other, each sucking up a little extra time until a whole day is gone. I think…

It was a solid week. Mostly filled with editing. One more week should do it and then Blue Boy, Red Day will be ready leave home. Manuscripts are like children. It’s a wrangle all the way but hopefully they come good in the end. So this week: I reviewed Olive of Groves and the Great Time…

There are lots of posts about setting goals and quite a few about setting goals with Trello. Trello’s tag line is ‘Organise Your Life’ and I can verify that yes, it does exactly that. With boards, lists and cards. It’s that simple. Or it can be as complicated as you want to make it. But…

I’m secretly pleased with this blog post. It was scheduled in advance and means I’ve already made one small step towards completing my 2017 goal to blog more consistently. I’m a great believer in goal setting. It keeps me centred and focused and reminds me that even though my life just keeps getting in the…

I like project plans and schedules and lists. I like lists best and that’s why I love Trello. Trello can do them all but I like to keep things super easy to manage so my focus is on lists. Trello does that in a format that’s highly visual and easy use. I’m starting the year using Trello to set…