52 Weeks of Writing Author Journal and Planner, Vol. II by Mariëlle S. Smith
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and keeps you writing through weekly thought-provoking quotes and prompts.
With this second volume of the 52 Weeks of Writing Author Journal and Planner, writing coach and writer Mariëlle S. Smith brings you the same successful strategies to craft the perfect writing practice as she did in the first journal. The only difference? Fifty-three different writing quotes and prompts and a brand-new look!
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When did you start writing?
I’m
not
sure,
actually!
I
can’t
remember
a
time
when
I
wasn’t
writing.
Whether
it
was
drawing
little
cartoons
about
our
cats
,
coming
up
with
little
poems
and
stories
or
writing
short
articles
for
the
elementary
school
newspaper
my
mother
helped
printing.
More
than
once,
I
was
said
to
have
a
rather
active
imagination.
I
couldn’t
fathom
how
that
was
a
bad
thing,
but
it
was
clear
my
teachers
and
parents
didn’t
appreciate
it
as
much.
I
was
quite
happy
with
it
then
and
I’m
even
more
grateful
now.
At
what
age
did
you
take
yourself
seriously
as
a
writer?
Once
I
realised
I
was
making
money
with
my
writing
every
single
day.
Even
if
it
was
only
a
few
cents.
Now,
this
is
when
I
started
calling
myself
a
writer.
Before
that,
I
would
have
answered
‘I
write’
when
people
asked
me
what
I
did.
Focusing
on
the
activity
made
it
sound
a
lot
less
scary.
But
that
I
started
calling
myself
a
writer
doesn’t
mean
I’m
taking
myself
entirely
seriously
yet.
I
still
have
moments
in
which
that
mean
little
voice
goes
‘Who
are
you
to
call
yourself...?’
I
once
thought
that
imposter
syndrome
would
become
less
present
as
I
made
more
money
off
writing.
Because
earning
money
means
validation
and
that’s
what
soothes
imposter
syndrome,
right?
Turns
out
it
doesn’t
.
Not
in
my
case,
anyway.
It
might
actually
have
become
worse...
Now
I
think
about
it,
it
getting
worse
might
have
to
do
with
my
reluctance
to
embrace
the
next
‘phase’.
Yes,
I’m
a
writer,
I’ve
come
to
terms
with
that
and
I
don’t
mind
introducing
myself
like
one
,
but
a
lot
of
my
friends
now
consider
me
a
successful
writer
because
I’m
selling
so
many
books.
That’s
not
a
label
I’m
ready
to
take
on
yet,
‘successful
writer’.
Although
maybe
I
am,
depending
on
your
definition
of
success.
How
long
did
it
take
you
to
write
your
first
book?
I’m
still
working
on
my
first
book!
The
young
adult
fantasy
trilogy
I’m
currently
writing
I
started
about
twenty
years
ago.
Of
course,
I
haven’t
been
writing
it
for
twenty
years.
It
kept
disappearing
in
drawers
for
months
or
even
years
at
a
time.
The
last
time
I
picked
it
up
again,
which
was
January
2020,
I
hadn’t
touched
it
for
eighteen
months.
The
first
book
I
published,
which
was
a
lesbian
romance
I
co
-
authored,
took
just
over
a
year
from
the
first
brainstorm
to
hitting
publish.
Part
of
that
had
to
do
with
me
going
through
a
divorce
at
the
time
and
being
given
the
legal
advice
to
postpone
publishing
until
the
divorce
was
final,
just
to
save
myself
a
lot
of
paperwork
.
So,
we
waited.
My
first
non
-
fiction
book
,
a
tarot
challenge
that
has
become
rather
popular,
took
me
just
under
five
months
from
that
first
spark
of
inspiration
to
hitting
the
publishing
button.
What
was
your
last
book
about?
The
last
book
I
published
was
another
one
of
my
tarot
books.
It’s
the
first
in
a
new
series
about
the
creative
journey
and
I’ll
be
publishing
an
instalment
every
eight
weeks.
Each
instalment
deals
with
a
specific
card
in
the
tarot
,
each
of
which
speaks
to
a
specific
step
in
our
creative
journeys
.
It
helps
you
understand
how
that
theme
plays
out
for
you
on
each
of
the
seven
main
chakra
levels.
The
second
instalment
is
coming
out
tomorrow.
First
on
Amazon,
and
the
other
platforms
will
follow
soon
after.
I’m
really
excited
about
that.
What
are
you
working
on
right
now?
A few things. I’m already working on the third instalment of the
series
I just mentioned and I just had
a new idea for a tarot challenge. I put it on the backburner for now, but I don’t think it’ll stay there
long.
I’m also revising the first book in that YA fantasy series I’ve been writing since ever, and I’m already
working on the third volume of
52 Weeks of Writing
.
It’s going to be blue!
What do you struggle with most as a writer?
Not
boredom!
Truly,
I
can’t
remember
the
last
time
I
was
bored...
Prioritising
projects
is
my
biggest
struggle.
I’m
always
involved
in
multiple
projects
and
collaborations
and
my
fiction
work
is
always
the
first
to
suffer.
That’s
partly
why
I’ve
been
working
on
it
this
long.
I
love
both
my
non
-
fiction
and
fiction,
but
since
the
non
-
fiction
is
what’s
paying
the
bills,
it
automatically
end
s
up
higher
on
my
to
-
do
list.
I
have
to
be
very
vigilant
about
that,
and
that’s
why
I
now
create
a
weekly
goal
for
my
fiction
writing,
no
matter
how
small,
that
I
put
in
my
own
copy
of
52
Weeks
of
Writing
.
If
I
don’t,
I’ll
forget
about
it.
I
don’t
need
t
hat
fantasy
series
done
tomorrow,
but
the
last
time
I
pulled
it
out
of
my
drawer,
I
swore
I’d
never
put
it
away
for
that
long
ever
again.
So,
now
I’m
working
on
it,
slowly
but
surely.
Which
always
beats
not
working
on
it
at
all.
Mariëlle S. Smith is a coach for writers and other creatives, an editor, and a writer. Early 2019, she moved to Cyprus, an island in the Mediterranean Sea, where she organises private writer’s retreats, is inspired 24/7, and feeds more stray cats than she can count.
Meet the author
Mariëlle S. Smith is a coach for writers and other creatives, an editor, and a writer. Early 2019, she moved to Cyprus, an island in the Mediterranean Sea, where she organises private writer’s retreats, is inspired 24/7, and feeds more stray cats than she can count.
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