I had three personal goals this past month: submit my latest middle grade manuscript for a chance at a Varuna Residential Fellowship, promote my workplace in the leadup to the Sunshine Coast Business Women’s Network Awards, and compete in the Sunshine Coast Marathon (10km event). I approach my writing, fitness, and career goals in aContinue reading “It’s a journey: Celebrating the wins along the way”
Category Archives: Fitness
I run. I read. I write.
Last month, I wrote about goal setting, and how my approach to running training is similar my outlook on writing – ‘It’s a marathon, not a sprint’ and all that. I also shared my milestone moment of signing up for my first ever Ultra-Trail. Yes, it was only 15km (not quite a marathon…yet) but itContinue reading “I run. I read. I write.”
It’s a marathon, not a sprint: how my running training reflects my writing goals
In the writing game, there are a lot of setbacks. Or, at least, a fair bit of ‘limbo’ time where you’re waiting for a response (from an agent, editor, publisher) and wondering if you should start something shiny and new to funnel that creativity. There are inevitably rejections and disappointments along the way, which isContinue reading “It’s a marathon, not a sprint: how my running training reflects my writing goals”
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