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Breaking The Writer’s Curse – The Writing Cat
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CC Neale's Blog. Breaking The Writer’s Curse. The writer’s curse, and if you write you will know what I am talking about, is procrastinating. We might have the best idea for the best novel ever written, but taking that first step and sitting at the computer (or your writing tool of choice) seems impossible. I am a believer (now) of writing everyday. Not because it is absolutely necessary, but when you make it into a routine, it is much easier. 8211; Write everyday for 30 days. Ideally, it is better to do...
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Grammar-day – The Writing Cat
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CC Neale's Blog. Day 4 – My Least Favorite Christmas Food. So this one was about a Thanksgiving and a particularly bad dish. The thing is, we don’t have Thanksgiving in the UK. We have other things, but we are not particularly thankful for anything in particular, as it happens. We have Christmas though. There are chocolates, and mince pies, mantecados if you’re in Spain, papillotes if you’re in France, panetone if you’re in Italy. It seems that during Christmas, everything is allowed. The Christmas d...
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March 2015 – The Writing Cat
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CC Neale's Blog. Freedom of speech, for starters. I’ve been thinking for a long time to retake the blog but I haven’t had any idea on how to start. This past couple of days something has made the news that has severely angered me. Dolce&Gabbana have made a comment recently on their opinion about gay marriage and adoption. They’re against it. Big news? Let’s put them in context. D&G are fashion designers. They are not politicians, they are not social icons, and they don’t have the mass appeal of s...If Ju...
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Uncategorized – The Writing Cat
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CC Neale's Blog. Mr Darcy and the Myth of the Bad Boy. It is a well known fact that every girl loves a bad boy. Bad boys are good looking, mysterious, they usually have fancy, exciting transport and a leather jacket, right? We probably owe that imagery to. Rebel without a Cause. I blame Jane Austen for this. Writing. The Silent, Brooding Type. An image… you know:. The Heart of Gold. Another week of toil and writing. Well, less toil. I did stop working after all. But I am really more self-employed...Make ...
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Freedom of speech, for starters. – The Writing Cat
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CC Neale's Blog. Freedom of speech, for starters. I’ve been thinking for a long time to retake the blog but I haven’t had any idea on how to start. This past couple of days something has made the news that has severely angered me. Dolce&Gabbana have made a comment recently on their opinion about gay marriage and adoption. They’re against it. Big news? Let’s put them in context. D&G are fashion designers. They are not politicians, they are not social icons, and they don’t have the mass appeal of s...If Ju...
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My Ongoing Project – The Writing Cat
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CC Neale's Blog. As I said on my first post, I am working on my first novel to be self-published. I am only two chapters away from finishing the first book and yet it is proving extremely hard to finish them. I have this suspicion that I might be afraid to finish, possibly for any of the following reasons (or even both! The second reason is that, once I have finished it, I will have to put it up for sale and face the very harsh reality that not even one soul will buy it! Posted in: The First Novel. Enter...
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Opinion – The Writing Cat
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CC Neale's Blog. Why being fat is not evil and what is BED. A few weeks ago I wrote a blog post about why the word “fat” had become an insult. If you’ve read it, you can imagine what I replied. If not, see below:. To my message, one man replied asking since when it hadn’t been offensive? The issue comes with the misuse of language, I suppose. Fat was never created as an insult, but its use as such has corrupted its basic meaning, which is a person of bigger size. Now, in a world where image is constantly...
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The Writing Cat – Page 2 – CC Neale's Blog
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CC Neale's Blog. With Big Changes Come Big Responsibilities. I was just reading the last post I wrote, months and months ago. I might try that challenge again, I must say, but we’ll talk about that another day. I think the following four or five prompts were completely un-prompting and I gave up. Something was going on as well, but I can’t remember now. There is a lot to say about unrealistic goals too. Day 7 – You Stole My Heart. In any case, poetry is definitely not my thing, so be merciful. It jus...
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