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Episode 204: Stay Humble? Knobs to that… [7 Deadly Sins]

February 28, 2020
/ Podcast
/ By Vicky Fraser

This week, I look too awful for a video and Joe's eye is threatening to ooze over the entire world. We are too proud to show their faces, which is somewhat ironic when you consider that this episode is

The future is a myth

February 27, 2020
/ Author Blog Creativity Habits Mindset Preparing To Write Writing Skills
/ By Vicky Fraser

"I'd love to start in May. But I've got so much on. Realistically, I'll be able to start in January 2021."Wait, what?This was a conversation I had a while ago with a lovely guy who wants to write a book.He's

Proud of Yourself? The 7 Deadly Sins of Writing a Book

February 25, 2020
/ Author Blog Creativity Habits Mindset Preparing To Write Writing Skills
/ By Vicky Fraser

Listen to the podcast here: Why pride is a sin and a virtue…We’re told to be humble, to be quiet, to sit down and shut up. Everything we learn from the day we’re born urges us to be smaller, not

Episode 203: The Problem With Invidia [7 Deadly Sins of Writing a Book]

February 21, 2020
/ Podcast
/ By Vicky Fraser

Joe and I get all etymological on you and fling three cool words in your direction. Can you use them all in a sentence this week? One of those words is "mudita" – which is something you want to cultivate

Commit no nuisance

February 20, 2020
/ Author Blog Creativity Habits Mindset Preparing To Write
/ By Vicky Fraser

On Facebook the other day, my sister-in-law posted a picture that made me snort with laughter.It's a splendid example of English scolding: "commit no nuisance".But it got me thinking about how things

On Finding Mudita

February 18, 2020
/ Author Blog Creativity Habits Inner Dickhead Mindset Preparing To Write
/ By Vicky Fraser

Image credit: KatieSzAs well as an Inner Dickhead, I also have an Inner Toddler.My Inner Toddler gives face, voice, and rage to my least-favourite emotion: envy.Here's an article about envy and

Episode 202: Lessons From My Book Launch

February 14, 2020
/ Podcast
/ By Vicky Fraser

This week, I try and fail to avoid Joe's extreme garlic breath, then explain why snooker is a great antidote to Stephen King. After some discussion of daffodils, we get to the point: my recent book

Lessons From My Book Launch

February 11, 2020
/ Blog Marketing Publishing
/ By Vicky Fraser

If anyone ever tells you launching a book (or any product, for that matter) is easy, smile sweetly and back away. They’re either lying, or utterly clueless.Speaking of utterly clueless, I did my first

Episode 201: Inner Critic or Inner Dickhead?

February 7, 2020
/ Podcast
/ By Vicky Fraser

In this week's episode, I discover I'm actually married to a robot. Or possibly an android. Either way, I'm alarmed and confused, because Joe doesn't ever talk to himself. He has no inner dialogue.

Are you a shenanigator?

February 6, 2020
/ Author Blog Creativity Habits Mindset Preparing To Write
/ By Vicky Fraser

Seth Godin calls it making a ruckus.Which I like.But I call it being a shenanigator.(Well, I do now, ever since my friend Jodie sent me a thing explaining that the word "shenanigator" means "one who

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