Maeve Binchy was a successful novelist that wrote the way she spoke. Several of her books had film deals and she was always happy to give advice to other people about writing.  One of the reasons I wanted to do a profile on Maeve Binchy is because she kept her social life and admitted to not enjoying having to get up early to write. But because she wanted to write badly enough she did it. She has always been honest about her …

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I was stuck recently. Again. The words were not flowing and the doubts were creeping in. My technique to combat this is to go through inspiring writing quotes. A lot of these are by published writers that have also been stuck. So, if you are struggling to get words on the page then this list of 12 quotes is for you.  1 Do not use somebody else’s definition of success to measure your progress. Also, not everybody keeps writing. A lot of …

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