The Freerange Hooligan, Unleashed!
Thoughts on Creative Self-Sufficiency
NaNoWriMo 2022 is done and dusted. I submitted my final word count an hour ago, something I did not think I would do this year. I guess nothing is over until the fat lady sings, huh? The story isn’t completed yet, though, and my colleague who serves as my beta reader has pointed out some…
Ever notice that when one has a writing deadline, there are so many distractions around? Innocent things, like dishes that urgently need to be done (I hate doing dishes!) and the garden that needs watering and the Internet and Netflix, and even the interiors of houses for sale on Ukrainian OLX? I have just now…
2020 was an interesting year. It felt like it went like January, February, March, Lockdown, NaNoWriMo, December! I had reduced working hours this year, albeit at full pay (being a government employee in South Africa has its advantages, sometimes!), which left me with a lot of time to devote to the activities that I really,…
The initial draft of this manuscript was completed during NaNoWriMo in 2019. I took a massive gamble and instead of getting someone from outside to do it – at a premium – simply ran it through Grammarly before I submitted it to Amazon. Of course, that meant that I had to redo the layout a…