As I mentioned before, I am completing a blogging course this year. I know, I know – I’ve had a blog for ages. But I want to make it the best blog I possibly can. I am using WordPress – and that is who the course is through. So – […]
You would be hard pressed to find someone who didn’t have songs that meant something to them at particular times in their lives. This is particularly so in times of extreme emotions. In August 2002, I was diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukaemia after a blood test. I had been bruising […]
We had a massive storm here the other day and ended up with a blackout. It was getting dark at the time anyway – but now visibility inside the house was an issue in terms of typing on a computer without a backlit keyboard or reading. Not knowing how long […]
The quote from the title comes from Jeanette Winterson. Discipline. According to the Cambridge Dictionary, discipline is: training that makes people more willing to obey or more able to control themselves, often in the form of rules, and punishments if these are broken, or the behaviour produced by this training https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/discipline At first glance, this definition flies against creative freedom. But, as writers, we should be looking beyond the first glance. […]
Okay – so I get you need to write what people will want to read. Fair enough. But I also believe that if your heart isn’t in it, it will be flat and boring and no one will want to read it anyway. As a writer, I would much rather […]
So excited to announce that Magic We’ve Forgotten is now available for your reading enjoyment! Here is a description of the theme behind this book: Magic means something different in every moment, every story, and every lifetime. In this fourth anthology volume, stories delve into the world of magic-both real […]
I know there has been debate about the usefulness of alpha and/or beta readers. But if you are lucky enough to find a couple of good, reliable ones like I have, you may be interested in getting your head around Google Docs. It makes it easy for your alphas and […]
Goodnight-And God Be With You All I’m so excited to announce that Goodnight-and God Be With You All has now been released for sale in its own right on Amazon! Another story previously published in the anthology Heart of a Child, this one is close to my heart. Inspired by […]
‘”Write book reviews,” they said. “It’s great for your development as a writer and will improve your visibility in the public sphere.” They are not wrong. I agree with them. But it’s not for me: I hate it. I would rather spend my time reading, learning, researching or writing—not putting […]
