Writerly Round-Up: November 2019
Such a wet month, November! On Saturday 24th November 2012, the stream next to our house broke its banks and our basement level lounge and kitchen were put out of…
Writerly Round-Up: October 2019
I know it’s a factor of age, but time really does seem to flow faster these days than it used to. It seems like to time at all since I…
November’s Pot Luck Club
Welcome to November’s Pot Luck Club, a round-up of writerly bits and pieces. November has been a busy month for me, with three major events taking place in the first…
November’s Pot Luck Club
As we come to the end of the month, I bring you another helping from the Pot Luck Club; a round-up of my writerly activities over the past few weeks…
October’s Pot Luck Club
Once again, we have five Mondays in the month, so today, I bring to you a round-up of what’s going on in my writerly world at the moment, including a…
Here We Go Again!
‘Here we go again!’ I thought. I’d been sitting at my desk wondering what I should write in the first blog of the New Year. Maybe a comment on the…
And Relax…
As we get older, it appears that time speeds up. I seem to start every Christmas letter (and yes, I do write one of those dreaded things, but it only…
It’s All About Quantity
November is the month when hundreds of thousands of writers from all over the world challenge themselves to write fifty thousand words in just thirty days. It’s sometimes hard to…
Quantity Over Quality?
This Friday will be 10th April and it’s a special date for me for a number of reasons. Firstly, it was the day on which my late parents got married….
Planning to be a Pantser
I saw a post on Facebook last week about creativity. Like most of the things I read on the social media platforms, it was very transitory – it floated past…
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)…
Publishing Lessons Part 2
Back in October, I wrote about the first part of the publishing project for Gorgito’s Ice Rink. At that point, I’d only brought out the ebook. Now, two months on,…
Taking a Rain Check…
Like many bloggers, I obsessively check my statistics. I can tell you how many people have looked at my blog each day, every week, every month, or indeed ever! I…
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….
Banishing the Demon: Reflections on NaNoWriMo
As someone with a science education, working for thirty plus years in a highly technical industry, nanohas always had a specific meaning: Used primarily in the metric system, it is the…
Another Change of Direction
I’ve been trying out a few different approaches to this blog over recent months. Firstly, I finished my year-long series on Writing as a Small Business. This was partly because I…
Challenging Ourselves
What is it with writers and challenges? So many of us attempt different ones each year – and although I don’t have any data on the drop-out rate, if my…