I have to confess this would have been a comment on the excellent Strictly Writing’s latest post, but while coming over here to sign in, I lost what I’d written on the comments page ( don’t you just hate that?) and so it’s going here instead. The post discusses the difficulties of getting published for particular … Continue reading Age difference
Shopaholic I am not ,but neither am I averse to the odd bout of retail therapy. Add to this my freqent visits to the local charity shop (decluttering instinct balanced by beachcombing mentality) and you’ ll understand why I found Mary Queen of Charity Shops an absolute must see. If anything it was even more … Continue reading Living and giving
The short story idea now has concrete (or should I say digital?) form but still needs shaping and polishing. Hearing that the Grant Bradley Gallery is having an evening for local artists and writers to perform or display work, I have rashly applied to take part. I’ve never actually read in public before. Nor have I finished … Continue reading Nothing like a deadline!
For a writer of fiction, is blogging a warm-up activity or a distraction? It could of course be either, and sometimes both. Add a bit of (necessary?) surfing to the blogging effort, and distraction is soon the name of the game. For me, it’s proving difficult to get back to any kind of writing after a lay-off … Continue reading Warm up or cool down?
Spotted this quote from Imogen Robertson who won the Telegraph Novel in Year Award a while back and whose Instruments of Darkness has now been published. On the lifestyle of a writer: “sitting at my desk, looking out of the window and making up stuff” I’ll drink to that. Continue reading The Good Life
Ali Bacon, Author 