what are you reading

Let’s face it, as writers we’ve all been stopped dead in our tracks by the dreaded writer’s block. One day you’re feeling satisfied, productive and there’s nothing to stop you and the next day you wake up with a niggling feeling that something’s not quite right – you’re just not in the mood, the ideas won’t come or what you’re writing isn’t good enough. You decide to take the day off and before you know it the day has become a week and the week a month.

I have a few cures for this - First and foremost, Julia Cameron! I always feel better after reading one of her books. Natalie Goldberg's Writing Down the Bones is another great book. Both writers give loads of helpful exercises to get the writing flowing again... Both old books but two of my favourites. As for me, enough writing about writing - it's time to write!