This week the temperature in our flat hit 25 degrees without any artificial heating. It’s only rained once this week. The sun has been out 4 of the last 7 days. Spring has arrived. And with spring’s arrival I get …
Weekend WIP #10: Returning to Lists
Throughout my blogging experience (since 2006) I’ve toyed with a weekly or fortnightly “updates” post. Partly to share what I’m doing — to give a “behind-the-scenes” aspect — but also to get feedback, to commiserate with others and to hold me …
Quiet Nights
Having just eaten 80% 85% of a bag of chocolate coins, I figured I could be doing something useful tonight. Hello. *waves* Of course it’s the kind of night which should have a whiskey in one hand and a blazing fire …
Essence of Green :: March
March brought a few answers, and a few more questions. But the wheel turns and things are beginning to stabilise. The photo? It’s of the eclipse at the peak time. Gotta love the British weather… Reflections on the Journey The health …
An Update :: Why I’ve not been blogging
Back in December, I decided to cut down posts to one a week, because things were already pushing blog posts down, and it is the one thing I let slide in favour of eating/sleeping/work. However, January then hit with a …
Reader Question :: “How much planning do you do before beginning the first draft?”
“How much planning or plotting do you do before beginning the first draft?” – Question by Cheyenne Trumbo I think this is a question many writers ask of each other. In a craft where so much is down to personal preference, how …