So, this week will see me publish my first ever collection of short stories as an Ebook! How exciting is that? It’s taken me a long time to get to this point and I’ve amassed such a collection of writing that it seemed only right to share some of them with the world. So, on […]
Writing competitions. If you write and want to get your work published this is one of the first routes into authorship. There are some writers who excel at applying their material to the various competition topics out there, others still who tend to focus on particular genres or types, and then there’s me. I’m great […]
It appears that my write every day challenge has fulfilled its purpose: I am writing again. Yesterday I sat down and drafted a short story I have had on my ‘explore this‘ list for some time. It is a sequel to a story I wrote in 2015 called ‘The Memorial Tree’, which came 2nd place […]
So, I did it. Every day this month I have written a little something – sometimes sharing it here. Writing each day and committing to the challenge that I wasn’t sure I’d accomplish. Yet, here we are. I persevered even through the failure of my laptop hard drive, using my ‘phone as a substitute, and […]
I am an excellent planner. I can plan almost anything and I adore it. The issues arise when I have to stop planning and actually start doing. In which case, I’m pretty good at small persistent action…unless I have to stop to re-plan, which happens a lot. Because, well, let’s face it, it’s always easier […]
I had an idea today. One that has been used before, that I probably won’t write as a story or even attempt to draft. But, I had one. It’s been a while and when I got over the initial shock of realising that my brain was turning over a plot, considering characters and thinking about […]
I’ve always been open about my condition in an effort to make the people in my life better understand why I can’t do certain things, or how it will impact me if I do. But I know many more who prefer not to talk about it, or keep it hidden because they feel weak, or […]
I’ve forgotten what it’s like to have an idea for a story and then translate this to the page. I remember the painstaking effort it takes to formulate the right words to characterise the story itself, the rush of excitement when it starts to come together and the exhilaration when a draft is done. But […]
I have this idea for a novel. The only thing is that it doesn’t match with the type of writing I really feel I want to do. It would most likely be categorised under the great header of ‘chick lit’ – and while I understand that such fiction has a huge place in the market […]
I want to be a writer. How novel. (no pun intended). My problem is I never actually write anything. So, in order to overcome this struggle I have made two new starts: I have created this blog, to try and spur me on, to have something to answer to, to record my various successes and […]
