Resources - The Busy Writer's Notebook

500 Fantasy Writing Prompts – Available Now!

April 23, 2020 by Erica

Writer’s Block? Not Anymore… Discover 500 Inspiring Fantasy Writing Prompts To Beat Writer’s Block Today. Blocked. Frustrated. Out of ideas… It’s every writer’s worst nightmare – and it’s come true. You’re staring at your screen, fingers on the keyboard, ready to plough through a day’s worth of writing, but nothing happens. The words … Read more

A MasterClass Review – Is It Worth It?

April 19, 2020March 24, 2020 by Erica

With everything that is currently going on in the world, I just wanted to remind you about a wonderful writing resource available out there. They currently have an offer on, to support us during Covid-19. Buy an All-Access Pass and get one free for a friend 🙂 So, MasterClass… This is definitely a resource you … Read more

NaNoWriMo Writing Prompts: My Favourite NaNoWriMo Workbook

October 25, 2018October 14, 2018 by Erica

With NaNoWriMo coming up in under a month, I wanted to let you in on a little-known book that you can pick up now to help you get through the NaNoWriMo month a little easier. It’s a book full of perfect NaNoWriMo Writing Prompts.

4 Lessons From Stephen King’s “On Writing” – Review

August 1, 2018July 24, 2018 by Erica

I am SOO excited to present this article from a gem of a writer who I’ve just found. Thomas Gregory gives us a thought-provoking and entertaining “review” of Stephen King’s masterpiece on creative writing “On Writing”.

How to Write Short Stories – A Holly Lisle Class Review

September 13, 2018July 19, 2018 by Erica

Just a quick post today — as you might have noticed, I just LOVE Holly Lisle’s writing classes.

I’m actually super gutted I’ve found them so late in my life, as they are really helping me achieve some major writing goals (in particular, actually finishing stuff.)

With this site, I wanted to give you a shortcut to the writing techniques I’ve learnt over the years, but then I found Holly Lisle…

And my whole goal for the site has gone out the window…sorry for the cliche…

Boost Your Writing Today: The Importance of Technical Writing Exercises

April 30, 2018August 30, 2017 by Erica

Now, one thing which I am completely guilty of is being slack with keeping up with completing any writing exercises whatsoever and even writing about writing exercises here, on this website.

But a recent article called Woodshedding for Writers by Peter Derk has got me thinking about them again, and about how important they are to your writing, and how important it is to continue to practise the individual elements that make up a piece of writing.

Increase Your Free Time: Meal Planning for Busy Writers

February 2, 2018August 22, 2017 by Erica

A great way to save time each day is by having a great meal planning system in place. Today I will walk through – quickly, of course – a few options that you could do well to invest in, to help reduce time wasted on shopping, meal preparation and cooking. I will focus on three aspects, which should improve your daily productivity load:

Shopping
Meal Preparation
Cooking

This article follows on from my recent post on saving time from shorter workouts with the 8fit Pro App.

A Quick Shout Out to Wealthy Affiliate – A Wealthy Affiliate Testimony

January 31, 2018August 11, 2017 by Erica

Within my personal writing vision, I see the ‘5 years in the future Me’; working from home and supplementing my partner’s income, achieving this through my numerous published works 😉 and my website The Busy Writer’s Notebook. So today and every day, I take action with a proven strategy, so my husband can finally work in … Read more

Need a Quicker Workout? 8fit App Review for Busy Writers

April 30, 2018August 3, 2017 by Erica

Trying to free up some extra time and increase my creativity, I’ve decided to invest more time into exercising and getting fitter. It might not seem too applicable, but if you are trying to free up time in your day to write, and you are an avid exerciser, you could be wise in looking at a different training system. There are a few short training systems out there, and I almost started my T25 training again (BeachBody), but then I saw an ad for an app I hadn’t seen or heard of before.

It’s called 8fit, and promises short – less than 10 minute Tabata workout sessions. It’s a personalized step-by-step guide with HIIT inspired training sessions and full meal planning via the handy phone or tablet app, and what follows is my personal 8fit App Review.