Note: I do not have burnout. This is only information I’m sharing after researching the topic.
What is burnout?
Burnout is a psychological term for the experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest, usually coming immediately after an extended period of overwork.
Many people can suffer burnout, but I’m only interested (at this stage) with writers [...]

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I remember my first rejection letter. It was quite a number of years ago now, when my boys were young. I went and hid in the bedroom to open the “all important” parcel.
Trembling, I carefully opened the envelope and pulled out my manuscript. Without reading a word, I already knew what was [...]

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The end of the month is fast approaching, and it’s time for me to make a decision. I listed my options on 12th May. They were:
1) Work on my Sam novel. This is a young adult fantasy novel.
2) Continue with the collaborative novel. Chapter 20 has been completed, which [...]

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As I haven’t had the pleasure of experiencing this yet, I turned to Australian author, Sara Douglass, to find out about The Editorial Process.
Reading the procedure brings up a few emotions–excitement and fear being among them. Why the fear? Simply put, can I handle the pressure? Can I meet the deadlines, and [...]

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The Australian Literature website has a listing of Australian authors and a bit of a bio on each person.
Going through the list, I discovered that I know only a few of them–the rest are unknown to me, yet some of them have an impressive list of published works. Why haven’t I heard of them [...]

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I’ve added a few more parts to Planning a Novel from the Beginning.
I’ve been procrastinating because one of the parts has a table and I didn’t know how WordPress would handle that. You’ll notice that the table turned out fine, so I’m pleased. The next part also has a large table so now [...]

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Everyone has an opinion. No one can take that away but why do some people insist on attacking a person because they have an opinion. It’s usually because the opinion is different to their own.
I was brought up believing “kids should be seen and not heard”. My opinions were not nurtured until [...]

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Source: “Der Wanderreiter und sein Pferd” by Sadko G. Solinski; and courtesy of Firlefanz, who actually wrote this in reply to a question on the message board
Gaits
Basically it depends on horse, rider and terrain. At any rate it is not possible to gallop long distances. Generally a mix of gaits is preferable, although a steady [...]

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It’s been a while since I mentioned anything to do with my own writing and I guess you’re wondering what’s going on.
As I reported a week or so ago, I’ve finished the rewrite of Book 1 in my triology and that has been sent off to the editor for a work over. I don’t [...]

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Here’s a sneak preview of the cover of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6). I like it! I believe this book will be released in Australia around July 16th.
Mugglenet is an interesting site if you haven’t already checked it out. The release dates can be found on this site, as [...]

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