Christine Poole

Scientist, Writer, Facilitator, Artist on a journey of self discovery

goals

  • Focus is Power

    I’m an eclectic writer – from poetry to children’s stories, scientific papers to memoir- but what I have trouble doing is finishing pieces to a quality I am proud of…or if I’m really honest – finishing pieces….like this post for example, its been sitting as a draft since January (which made me laugh today when… Read more

  • Friday 13th, 2024

    I’ve previously set myself a 90-day challenge to do a first draft of my memoir. But without being fully conscious of it, I went and set myself a new challenge…. to finish a book and release it on Friday the 13th….and I did it in 54 days! There’s my ebook cover (currently pending review on… Read more

  • Finish my memoir draft – Day 55/90 (update)

    Christine Poole 10th April 2024 We went to New York City for a week & I took time off writing the memoir. Now I’m finding it excruciatingly difficult to get started again. But the only way to start again….. is to start again! The deadline is definitely helping – I’m aiming for 80,000-90,000 words, and… Read more

  • Finish my memoir draft – Day 76/90 (update)

    I’ll start with the good news – I’m here, I showed up, I am being accountable to the challenge, hurrah for me! But for my writing – not such a great week. I only added an extra 1091 words to the draft. I could say life got in the way (it did) & it was… Read more

  • Finish my memoir (draft 1)

    I’ve been writing my memoir on and off since 2019, and I’ve decided it’s time to finish the first draft. Things in my life have come full circle so I feel confident now I have a start, middle and end to the story I want to tell. Here is the plan I’m going to follow… Read more