The final episode of the year is a big old whinge about how hard writing is, swiftly followed by a pep talk.

Mentioned in this episode:

* A review in The Small Hours by Zoe Deleuil of Marzahn, Mon Amour

* Clare Keegan’s advice to “fatten the middle” which I wrote about in Quick Notes on the Melbourne Writers Festival #2

* The first pep talk I made earlier this year, Story Time for Writers

Other relevant posts on Voracious:

* Writer’s Block in Disguise

* An Honest Day’s Work (or how to waste most of a writing day)

* How To Make Plot Decisions

Merry Christmas! and a Happy New Year.

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