Eve of the Dark
Did you ever wonder where Hallowe’en came from, or why we have a celebration about ghosts and ghouls? A long time ago, I used to write...
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Cate
- Jun 24, 2019
- 3 min
Top Ten Ways to Procrastinate (and why it isn't all bad)
I'm a great believer in the odd bout of procrastination. the empty page: symbol of writer's procrastination everywhere I do, in fact,...
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Cate
- Feb 28, 2019
- 3 min
Power of the Pitch
Pitching to a room full of people can be an exhilarating experience
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Cate
- Feb 6, 2018
- 4 min
Every. Single. Day.
I am the weaver, continued... ...last time I put fingers to the keyboard to write a post for my blog, it was all about the coming year,...
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Cate Whittle
- Dec 21, 2016
- 3 min
A (Writing) Year in Review
...this is a story of the good, the bad and the ugly! The good bit is the best. It is the bit where I have Explored. Dreamed. Discovered....
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Cate
- Aug 28, 2016
- 4 min
Priorities!
Hmm. So-o-o-o not keeping up with my self imposed once-a-month (reduced from once-a-fortnight last year) commitment to write something...
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Cate
- Jun 7, 2016
- 4 min
A Little Bird Told Me...
Back to School Life after my last post on the Write Life means that my focus has been on making sure everything is going smoothly in the...
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Cate
- Apr 29, 2016
- 4 min
Ah... the Write Life...
Last month, I wrote about my book launch back in February for Trouble at Home, a little tale about Georgia and how she set out to solve...
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Cate
- Aug 7, 2015
- 4 min
How to Write A Novel, Step 5: Coming to Know Your Characters
I’m assuming that by the time you have sorted out all that planning (see Step 4...), you will already be quite conversant with your...
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Cate
- Jun 28, 2015
- 3 min
Mea Culpa
… or apologies. It would seem to be many weeks since I tapped out a post for my blog (so much for my great plan to write something for it...
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Cate
- Apr 2, 2015
- 5 min
How to Write A Novel: Step 4, or, To Plan or Not to Plan
Planning is one of those vexed questions that some experts on writing can become quite passionate about, even resorting to saying unkind...
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Cate
- Mar 21, 2015
- 5 min
How To Write A Novel: Step 3, Getting Words on the Page
Believe it or not, getting words on the page can be daunting for anyone, even seasoned writers and best sellers. Having a firm idea for...
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Cate
- Mar 6, 2015
- 5 min
How to Write a Novel: Step 2: Ideas (or, 7 Different Ways to Come Up With Story Ideas)
Most people who want to write a novel probably already have a good idea about what they want to write about. It’s the idea that fuels the...
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Cate
- Feb 28, 2015
- 4 min
How to Write a Novel: Step 2, or, actually, let’s make that Step 1 continued...
When I ambitiously started this little project, apart from ruthlessly choosing to split an infinitive or two in the quest for...
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Cate
- Feb 14, 2015
- 5 min
How to Write A Novel: Step 1
So, how do you write a novel? This is a question that is asked by a lot of people I meet (online and in real life - or perhaps that...
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Cate
- Feb 1, 2015
- 2 min
...quarter to nine
It was quarter to nine on Friday morning, and I had a delicious feeling creeping up on me. Quite unexpected. Mmmm. Why? Because it was...
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Cate
- Jul 14, 2014
- 3 min
Finding the Time to Write 2
This is me at the moment... it's school holidays, but I've got most of the planning out of the way for next term after something of a...
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Cate
- Jun 7, 2014
- 2 min
Imagine...
Imagine yourself here, wandering along this old track above the creek. The breeze is chill, but the sun is warm. Under your feet, old,...
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Cate
- Apr 20, 2014
- 3 min
Ideas, anybody?
Ideas? Go to any writer's FAQ page and there will be a question something along the lines of “Where do you get your ideas?” I've been to...
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Cate
- Apr 8, 2014
- 2 min
Gems of Wisdom - Conflux Writers' Day 2014
One of the things I really loved about Conflux Writers' Day was that they knew where to put the apostrophe, which is a great start. I...
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