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Waterboarded at the dentist

January 23, 2020
/ Author Blog Creativity Habits Inner Dickhead Mindset
/ By Vicky Fraser

Ever since I was about 12 years old, I've hated my teeth.Which, by extension, made me hate my entire face.I refused to be photographed. I'd put my hand in front of my mouth when I talked. And when

How to Write About Yourself (Without Sounding Like a Canoe)

January 22, 2020
/ Author Blog Book Review Habits Mindset Preparing To Write Writing Your Book
/ By Vicky Fraser

"Aargh! I hate writing my about page!" Yep, we all do, toots. We all find it tough. How do you strike that careful balance between "hilarious, kind, and helpful" and "obnoxious douchecanoe"?

100 lbs lost – real self found

January 20, 2020
/ Author Blog Creativity Habits Inner Dickhead Mindset
/ By Vicky Fraser

Talk about casting votes for the person you want to be, dear reader.Behold the power of habit: my beautiful friend Yinka, who has lost a whopping 100 lbs (45.3 kg) over the past year or so.She's tried

A ridiculously small pin-head

January 16, 2020
/ Author Blog Creativity Habits Inner Dickhead Mindset
/ By Vicky Fraser

I nearly exploded from the irony.There I was, in a group video call on a training about self-confidence, self-esteem, and self-criticism – actually taking notes about the problems excessive self-criticism

Atomic Habits: My Book of the Year in 2019

January 13, 2020
/ Author Blog Book Review Habits Mindset Preparing To Write Writing Your Book
/ By Vicky Fraser

Want to know how I've gone from a chaotic cranefly who couldn't get out of bed to a 6 am person who writes every day and sometimes eats like a healthy adult?It was a book what did it.Yep: I'm about to

Getting mad at your future self

January 13, 2020
/ Author Blog Creativity Habits Inner Dickhead Mindset
/ By Vicky Fraser

We're basically a bundle of habits, good and bad.Which means every single action we take is a vote for the person we want to be.I want to be a person who springs out of bed at 6.30 every morning,

Sometimes your words will be crap

January 9, 2020
/ Author Blog Creativity Habits Inner Dickhead Mindset
/ By Vicky Fraser

For the past three days, I have sat at my laptop first thing in the morning and cried tears of frustration.Every word I've written has been dragged out of my brain with forceps and no pain relief –

Growing Like a Rotting Badger

January 7, 2020
/ Author Blog Business Clients Marketing Mindset
/ By Vicky Fraser

Some time last year, I wrote briefly about rotting badgers.Because when I see them on the side of the road, I get really sad. But they also made me think about the nature of growth...Because we're constantly

Roast potatoes for brains

January 5, 2020
/ Author Blog Creativity Habits Inner Dickhead Mindset
/ By Vicky Fraser

Post-festive-sludging and I feel like my head is stuffed with roast potatoes.I am struggling to form a coherent thought, let alone write about one.This is extraordinarily vexing to someone who writes

New year new…?

January 2, 2020
/ Author Blog Habits Inner Dickhead Mindset Writer's Block Writing Your Book
/ By Vicky Fraser

Within the haze of end-of-year parties and admist the overindulgence of the festive feasting period glows an ember.The glimmer of an idea.The hope that perhaps this year will be different.Maybe this

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