Shhh! I’m in the cupboard, don’t tell anyone.

How can we keep working on our writing goals, while having the children home during the holidays?

Are you finished yet?

Some years ago I announced I was going to write a novel. (What a dumb idea that was!). After that fateful day, I received an almost daily reminder of my complete worthlessness and ineptitude as I plodded ever forward, not working on my novel. In fact, doing everything I could, cleaning, painting, a study of

Not Dead…honestly!

I’ve been off the writing radar for a while… again, as life things got in the way, (shocking, I know!), and my work had to take a backseat.

Don’t Do That! – Five for Friday

I’m running so late today. It’s been a frantic week as we’ve had builders working on the house. ‘The noisy one’, was sent home from school with chronic earache and ‘The bitey one’, is teething and as a result, extra bitey. He has also become a fan of early wake up calls, the most recent being

Five for Friday – Things I’ve learned so far!

Nope I haven’t left the country, fell down a well or been eaten by cats. I’m doing NaNoWriMo and am sooo behind I’ve taken to drinking more wine and walking round graveyards to prove to myself that things could be worse. The first week was fantastic, I was full of energy and enthusiasm and flew

Five for Friday – Interview with Pleasant Street

Welcome to Five for Friday! I’ve decided it’s time for a regular spot on my blog. So every Friday (or at least every other Friday) I will write a post.  It can be anything from 5 tips to sell your novel or 5 reasons you should eat as much cake as you can. So to

I don’t like Coffee!!!

Well, actually I don’t mind it every now and then. But a good cup of tea is the way to go, for me. You have to make it right though, ‘as it comes’ is definitely not an option! I like mine milky, but not anaemic, dark enough to tell its tea but if you’ve hit

Buried Treasure

Image courtesy of Pong at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Find yourself in a creative slump? Stuck for ideas? I’m reluctant to use the term ‘writers block’. But every writer gets stumped from time to time. The white of the paper gleams, taunting you. That inner voice sneers. ‘You’ll never think of a good idea again’. This time, skip

10 Things I haven’t done yet!

As part of the “Writing 101” course, we’ve been asked to write a list. So here’s my list (by no means complete), of things I haven’t done yet 🙂 Image courtesy of Photl.com Stuff chocolate cake in my mouth and then smile at a stranger. Finish my book. (Or, in fact, any project that I

How do you do it?

With pen and paper? Straight to screen? With a sparkler…or perhaps an Enigma machine for the extremely paranoid? Each writer has their own preferred method of working. Stephen King writes longhand onto yellow legal pads. J K Rowling writes longhand then transfers it to screen – editing as she goes. George R. R. Martin writes