Mia Hayson – A write to live

HOW TO WRITE A BOOK FOR BEGINNERS

A lot of people tell me they’ve dreamt of penning a masterpiece, but they don’t quite know where to start. Now, I’m not saying the whole journey is easy, far from it, but it helps to break it into sections, doesn’t it? Trying just to write a novel all at once is a little like […]

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Standing On Broken Glass: How To Get Up After A Fail

This post is both a metaphor and entirely literal. Last night, in the middle of the bathroom, as happens to me not infrequently, I was injured. I stood on some broken glass. As with all large, momentous, fails it honestly took me a while to notice what had happened. It took a moment for the [&hellip

HOW TO WRITE A BOOK FOR BEGINNERS

A lot of people tell me they’ve dreamt of penning a masterpiece, but they don’t quite know where to start. Now, I’m not saying the whole journey is easy, far from

December 30, 2022

Lessons From a decade of words

When I was younger, it seemed like doing anything for a decade (other than the obvious, like staying alive or watching sunsets) was insane. My interests changed from moment to mome

February 16, 2022

A Year, Interrupted

When you’re young — and the thought of waiting even just ten more minutes for your parents to get ready for a day out at the zoo seems like a lifetime wast

January 31, 2021

I Blogged Every Day in January. Here’s How It Went

If you don’t celebrate the little things in life, how will you ever be able to recognize the larger things when they roll through? Today marks a whole month of me put

January 31, 2021

Finding Time For Yourself: Working From Home

Often, hours tumble into one when I’m working from home. I find time to work, and barely to eat, and that’s about it. Here’s what I’ve been doing to relax.

January 29, 2021

Standing On Broken Glass: How To Get Up After A Fail

This post is both a metaphor and entirely literal. Last night, in the middle of the bathroom, as happens to me not infrequently, I was injured. I stood on some broken glass. As wit

January 26, 2021

How To Write When You Don’t Feel Like It

Few people disagree that it’s hard to write when you’re uninspired. So how to write when the words don’t come? Here’s how:

January 20, 2021

Writing When Circumstances Change: More Tips

The longer I go on, the more I become utterly convinced that life is one giant shout into the void. It’s one epic adventure into the unknown. Here’s how to write th

January 20, 2021

How To Become A Writer

In all the worlds in all the universe, one question echoes louder above the rest in the hearts and minds of avid creators looking for their place in the cosmos: how exa

September 30, 2019

The Art of Living

The older I get, the more I understand that life isn’t about perfectly staged moments or pristine memories or even long periods of joy. It’s about all the other stuff too. In many ways, all of that other stuff. Here’s how life just seems to work now.