Ducie’s Diary: September 2021
This post is coming out a couple of days late, but I wanted to make sure it appeared in late September, rather than slipping into October. It’s been a busy…
Elizabeth’s Chatting With…Paul K Joyce
My guest this month is multi-talented. I met him when he joined Chudleigh Writers’ Circle and we were all thrilled when he published his first novel, The Will of the…
Ducie’s Diary: August 2021
I’m writing this on August Bank Holiday Monday, the last official holiday in the UK until Christmas. At 6.30 this morning, we watched the sun rise over the sea at…
Elizabeth’s Chatting With…Suzanne McConaghy
I first met this month’s guest when she attended Chudleigh Literary Festival back in 2018. We were running a competition, a kind of Chudleigh Dragon’s Den, for the first page…
Ducie’s Diary: June 2021
It’s become a bit of a habit to open these posts with a comment on the weather. How very British of me! In April, I complained about how cold it…
A Game of Three Halves
For the past few years, my first post each January has been a review of the previous year’s writerly achievements followed by my plans for the coming twelve months. I’ve…
Writerly Round-Up: September 2019
I’m sure it’s no coincidence that September, just nine months after Christmas and New Year, is a packed month for birthdays. So many of my friends have been celebrating this…
Glass Half Full?
For the past couple of years, my first post in January has been a review of the previous year’s objectives: what I’ve managed to achieve; and where I’ve been less…
September’s Pot Luck Club
Welcome to this month’s Pot Luck Club, a round-up of writerly bits and pieces. It’s a wet and windy time here in Devon at the moment, as it is in…
A Tough Day At The Office: An Indulgence
It’s the third Monday of the month, which means it’s not only personal essay day here on the blog, but it’s also Chudleigh Writers’ monthly meeting. And today, we broke…
Elizabeth Chats With…Margaret Barnes
My guest this month is a fellow member of Chudleigh Writers’ Circle and my writing buddy. In 2012, when we were both working on our debut novels, we met each…
There Is No Muse
I have written more than nineteen thousand words so far this year! And it’s only 19th January. So it would seem that I’m not having too much trouble keeping up…
2015 SMART Objectives
At the December meeting of Chudleigh Writers’ Circle, our guest speaker, Katherine Bolton, challenged us to buy an extra diary and keep it just for our writing deadlines and goals….
Looking Back Thankfully
It’s hard to believe, but there are only two Mondays left to this year. Next week, I’m going to be looking forward to 2015 and making some New Year’s (writing)…
Blog Tour: My Writing Process
I’ve been following with interest the blog tour about writing process, so was delighted to be asked by Cathie Hartigan if I’d like to follow her in answering four questions….
Looking and Seeing
[Back in September, I wrote about a day spent with Chudleigh Writers’ Circle in the garden of one of the members. Then it was all about the bigger picture, snapshots and…
Margaret’s Magic Carpet
Yesterday, Chudleigh Writers’ Circle was invited to spend the day gaining inspiration from the beautiful property belonging to one of our members. Margaret and Chris were very generous with their…