If you missed the discussion of my journey on choosing a word to theme my year, this is my 2018 post. For those who’ve followed my journey across a couple of years, you’ll know I have personal experience of ill …
Level-Up! Essence of Green :: May 2018
“There is a wildness in the air, a spice that belongs to more than lilacs or the sweet woodruff blooming beneath the trees. Ferns glisten with morning dew, and somewhere, lovers conspire to meet at sundown.” – Michele Morgan May …
Story-Telling Through a Violin Concerto
My family on my mum’s side are a musical bunch. My grandmother was a violin teacher who helped set up a classical orchestra decades ago. As she passed away before I was born, my only ‘memories’ are of my mum …
Level-Up! Essence of Green :: April 2018
“Sunlight dapples the forest floor. A copper fox appears through the gloaming, then vanishes again with one sweet, sharp bark, an invitation to follow him to into the fanciful weave of light and shadow.” – Michele Morgan This time last …
A Life Update :: When Writing Takes a Backseat
This is just a quick note to explain why I haven’t been a) writing much (hence the sidebar staying constant) and b) writing here about my writing process much. I have a new dayjob, so a lot of my energy …
The Ebb and Flow of Story
I’m writing again. If you’ve following the blog for a while, you’ll know I generally write between 90,000 and 150,000 words of new fiction each year. On the first of March, I had written a grand total of 383 words. …