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 […]
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 […]
A Writerly Round-Up: Blowing My Own Trumpet and Planning the Future
It’s been a busy few months. I spent much of May and June working on the publicity and logistics for our town’s annual summer festival, which took place earlier this […]
Result!
[Today’s snippet of new prose comes from another Write Invite entry; I came fourth with this piece based on the trigger ‘racing’.] The notice was on the […]
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. […]
Make Do and Mend [Part 1]
[I started this story during last week’s Write Invite competition, using the trigger ‘The Present’. It didn’t get short-listed, and the original ending (which I have deleted) was not strong […]
Rocking to Parenthood
[Recently, I was delighted to win the weekly ‘Write Invite’ competition. Based on one of three triggers, posted at 5.30pm on a Saturday evening, the exercise is to write and […]