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What to do if you’re just starting out on your Author Adventure: planning, preparation, and dealing with your Inner Dickhead

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  • 15 Reasons to Write a Book

    Ever thought about writing a book but never quite got started? You’re not alone.
    Here are 15 reasons why I think you should write a book in 2020…

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  • A ridiculously small pin-head

    Our Inner Dickheads hate change. They love the status quo (not the band).

    There's no point trying to silence that voice, either; it won't go away. It's a part of you.

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  • Sometimes your words will be crap

    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 – and arranging those words on the page has been torture.

    Almost everything I've written has been total crap by my usual standards.

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  • Growing Like a Rotting Badger

    If we’re not drinking the Koolaid, if we’re not hustling 24/7 and obsessing over growth, we’re somehow less than those other entrepreneurs and business owners we see crushing it every day. I call bullshit. Not all growth is healthy.

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  • Roast potatoes for brains

    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 for a living.

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