by Julia Kaylock | Jul 3, 2017 | About Writing, Creativity
Writing has become a marathon. Lots of ground to cover, lots of stamina required, lots of self-talk about whether I can do it and why I am bothering along the journey. without knowing for sure when I will finish something, or whether I will finish it at all. In terms...
by Julia Kaylock | May 21, 2017 | About Writing, Storytelling
Writing is not for the faint-hearted. If we write about our own lives, we face criticism from others who see our story differently. If we write about others’ lives, especially if it involves exposing to the world things that they would rather not share, we risk...
by Julia Kaylock | Apr 15, 2017 | About Writing, Creativity, Poetry, Uncategorized
I don’t know if it is because writing is too important to me or too unimportant that I can’t seem to make headway. If it is so important, why am I the one doing the writing – as imperfect as I am compared to so many other wonderful writers? But then,...
by Julia Kaylock | Mar 8, 2016 | About Writing, Creativity
Temporary illness (a cold, or flu – who knows?) has left me without the ability to do much at all for five days. Amongst the bouts of feeling sorry for myself and being angry at this thing that has possessed me, I have been contemplating why I write. I mean by...
by Julia Kaylock | Mar 1, 2016 | About Writing, Author platform, Website development
It is not even two weeks since my self-congratulatory post about creating my own website and I am already at Stage 2 of development. Seeing my site every day has been cringe-worthy. It looks amateurish – not the kind of image I want (or need?) to present. There are...
by Julia Kaylock | Feb 21, 2016 | About Writing, Creativity
Reading Elizabeth Gilbert’s book on creativity called Big Magic , which all makes a huge amount of sense by the way, I had to stop and reread the section called ‘Done is better than good‘ at least three times. it really spoke to me, and to where I am...
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