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The Writing Process

Those Long Summer Days…

August 3, 2017August 3, 2017 Mari Biella4 Comments

“Summer afternoon – summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” – Henry James

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The Importance of Play

May 22, 2015March 9, 2016 Mari Biella14 Comments

Recently, while tapping away at a work-in-progress, I hit the buffers. The ideas that once seemed fresh and exciting began to look dull, and the words that once seemed so alive suddenly became leaden, lifeless artefacts. Matters weren’t helped by the fact that I was beginning to sense a looming deadline – not, I should… Continue reading The Importance of Play

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Linear vs Circular

August 8, 2014March 8, 2016 Mari Biella12 Comments

I recently read this very interesting post by Lauren Sapala, in which she argued – very convincingly, to my mind – that writers, by pressuring themselves to achieve goals, can actually hinder their progress. In the post, she made a very simple but, to me, quite startling point, which in turn provoked one of those… Continue reading Linear vs Circular

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The Curse of the Procrastinating Mind

May 30, 2014March 8, 2016 Mari Biella11 Comments

Procrastination – or time-wasting, if you prefer to call a spade a spade – is written into my DNA, as intrinsic to my makeup as my eye colour. An example: I once just about managed to hold down a dreary office job. Like many a dreary office job, once you stripped away all the highfalutin terminology… Continue reading The Curse of the Procrastinating Mind

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The Ups, the Downs, and the In-Betweens

May 16, 2014March 8, 2016 Mari Biella10 Comments

I recently listened to this speech by Elizabeth Gilbert, bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love. What she had to say interested me, not least because she touched on something that has been swimming around in my mind for a while now. (Nor am I the only one: my friend Aniko Carmean recently wrote a beautiful… Continue reading The Ups, the Downs, and the In-Betweens

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Behind the Scenes…

February 7, 2014March 8, 2016 Mari Biella6 Comments

Behind every book on your bookshelf or e-reader lies another story. A story of imagination, effort, perseverance and doubt. A story that, for its protagonist, was not just a story, but his or her entire life.

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When Self-doubt Strikes…

January 4, 2014March 8, 2016 Mari Biella20 Comments

Comedian and actor Mike Myers once said something that I think many creative people could probably relate to: despite his many triumphs, he insisted, he still expected the no-talent police to come and arrest him at any time. Though few of us will ever know the level of accomplishment (and, presumably, pressure) that Myers has… Continue reading When Self-doubt Strikes…

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