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The Two Voices in Your Head

February 4, 2020
/ Blog Inner Dickhead Mindset Preparing To Write
/ By Vicky Fraser

What's it like inside your skull?Is it serene, like goldfish – or hectic, like angry chickens?What do your inner voices whisper – or shout – at you?Take a moment to listen to the conversations

Recruit friends to help you

January 31, 2020
/ Author Blog Creativity Habits Inner Dickhead Mindset
/ By Vicky Fraser

Habits are easier to keep when people are cheering you on, right?Take Spanish, for example.I've been learning Spanish on Duolingo for a few months now, and I'm pretty good about practising regularly.

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"?

15 Reasons to Write a Book

January 21, 2020
/ Blog Mindset Preparing To Write Writing Your Book
/ By Vicky Fraser

Listen to the podcast here:Watch the video here: Make 2020 the year you write your book…Ever thought about writing a book but never quite got started? You’re not alone.Here are 15 reasons

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 –

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