How I write, and other discursions

A mini (VERY mini) Q & A, Google Docs travails, and a great book for writers, but not in that order

Greetings!

I hope you find this post useful. If you’re a paid subscriber, thanks! If not, please see me afterwards¹.

But enough of this persiflage! On with the article, in which I cover:

1. How I write

2. A book for writers

3. Google Docs Travails

Terry

How I write

After a hugely complimentary comment² in Substack’s Office Hours,

Anu Prabhala

asked me some interesting questions. Anu writes the

Imperfectly Perfect

newsletter, which deals with the more spiritual aspects of life from an Indian perspective. As someone who has been meditating for donkeys’ years and has a deep and abiding interest in such things, I find Anu’s posts both interesting and refreshing. Hopeful too in these dark times.

Anyway, Anu asked me some pertinent questions and I thought I’d attempt to answer them here.

As someone who is at times struggling to find tine to post weekly, I was wondering how many hours a day do you dedicate to writing? Do you have pipeline of posts you plan in advance and then publish them at a certain cadence?

Here are my answers, which I hope will prove both interesting and useful.