For a mass of people who proclaim to love writing and want to dedicate our lives to it, isn’t it surprising how few of us can actually find the time to do it? I’m guilty of it as much as anyone else. After threatening to write a novel for years, I still struggle to find […]

The first month of 2014 is almost over, the resolutions are lying desolately in the corner, and your to-do list keeps threatening to smack you in the face if you don’t pay it more attention. I’ve started hearing from people who didn’t do so well in January. One writer emailed to say that she was […]

My husband and I share childcare duties equally. Sam looks after our 21-month-old son in the morning from 9-12, then I take over in the afternoon after Jude’s nap. Until now, this meant that I was getting about five hours of work done a day. This, until now, was not enough. So, even though I’m […]

Have you ever noticed how the more you sleep, the more you want to sleep? You wake up late on a Sunday morning and instead of feeling energized and ready to tackle the day because of all the extra hours in bed you got, all you want to do is roll over again and tell […]