Happy
New Year!
Since
Christmas I've really struggled to keep up with Twittering, Blogging,
answering e-mails etc, not to mention trying to get some writing
done, so I've bought Kath McGurl's e-book Give Up Ironing.
It's a self-help book on time management for writers and the title
refers to the fact that many of us get bogged down in domestic
chores, rather than actually sitting down to write. I'm now trying to
put Kath's ideas into practice. At least now I've read the book, got
the t-shirt, as they say. (But not ironed it – obviously).
For those of you that
don't know, Kath's alter-ego is womagwriter, that source of
submission guidelines that all us magazine writers find invaluable.
One distraction that I'm not going to give up is spending time with my granddaughter, Orla, who will be one year old in a couple of weeks.
She doesn't like wasting food and has found that the best way to ensure her cereal bowl is empty is to wear it on her head.
Here she is trying to get
to grips with using cutlery. Hasn't quite got the hang of it yet but
I'm sure she soon will.
I must be getting some
work done because I've had 3 stories published already in 2015 and
there are another 2 in the pipeline. With Kath's guidance I'm hoping
for a good year.
