If you’re thinking that in view of the weather and general gloom you might never leave the house again unless you really have to, take heart, because soon it will be National Libraries Day and there’s probably something interesting going on right on your doorstep. For instance (yes, you knew that was coming!) on NLD itself, which … Continue reading I’ll be busy in February – National Libraries Day and more!
When it comes to reading my first – and usually last – port of call is a novel. I also read short stories but only when time (away from novels) allows and in order to improve my own short story craft. But every now and then I have a poetry ‘season’ which usually arrives out … Continue reading Poetry – good for the soul (and, actually, the pocket)
To celebrate 2014 I’m copying this unashamedly nationalistic status from Facebook. Scots wha ha’e..! Yesterday I decided to see the old year out by watching the men’s Wimbeldon final (yes, that one!) on DVD. Well I was too tense to watch it properly first time round and spent most of the time ‘looking away’. During … Continue reading My thought for 2014: keep on running!
On the Unchained blog I’ve been talking about the Big Thing that passed our way recently and how it compares with the overwhelming scale of a novel in progress. But I also mentioned speed (or lack of) when handling a juggernaut and I think it’s a desire to SLOW DOWN that has brought me to … Continue reading It’s writing, folks, but not as we know it: the art of using a pen
Sweets and chocolate bars must be as evocative of past times as smells or music. One of the first errands I ever ran was when my granny sent me for a bar of ‘Caddy Pep’(Cadbury’s Peppermint Cream) and my vocabulary was given an early boost by all those long words experienced by Fry’s Five Boys. … Continue reading Fry’s Chocolate Dream
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