I spoke in my last post about how I haven’t written fiction since April. I also began scrap-booking in that first week of April: in…
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….
When I read a story, I am immersed within a different world, as a new person, exploring a problem I want to be solved. I…
Tomorrow, I’ll be heading up to Nine Worlds Geekfest at Heathrow, London. I’ve posted about conventions before – blogging about what I wish I’d known for my…
At the beginning of the year, I made a commitment to pay attention to my behaviours and thoughts. I picked a ‘word of the year‘…
Today we have a guest post from Ellie Di Julio; author of the Forgotten Relics series, about how she picked point of view characters in her…
Today I gave my first 470 ml of blood to the National Health Service. When I’ve looked into it previously, the place, time and day…
Things are finally settling down. I’m almost able to tell you my news on a project, my mum is recovering well in hospital despite some…
This weekend my partner introduced me to the Anime series “Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.” Across three days, we watched the 64 episodes with me asking extra questions on…
This weekend I pushed myself to get some solid writing done. The year has been a challenge; my aim of 150,000 words of new words may not sound like…