I have emerged from my biannual "why do I bother writing? what's the point? yada yada" phase, set for another year of scribbling. I'm in the process of making a plan for the year. Dividing the year in to four quarters with a the intention *coughs* of working on one major project each quarter, with …
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NaNoWriMo Time!
It's November! So as well as premature Christmas ads and dark evenings, it's also time for 50,000 words in 30 days. I haven't always 'won' NaNoWriMo (by winning I mean hit the word count), but it has given me some great raw material. Two of the books I've self published, my novel Gorse Lodge, and …
Light in the Darkness by Liz Carter part 2
It's great to have Liz Carter back today. If you didn't read yesterday's post, you really should. Liz's honesty and openness is such a blessing. Here she is with the second part of her post on Light and Dark. It's good to be back 🙂 I finished yesterday, by saying, the more I dig into …
Light in the Darkness by Liz Carter part 1
Continuing the theme of Light and Dark, I am delighted to welcome Liz Carter to the blog. She will be sharing today and tomorrow, and we'll hear about her new book, Treasure in Dark Places: Stories and poems of hope in the hurting. So, over to Liz... With the clocks going back and the winter …
More on light and dark
So many people love this time of year. Autumn colours, pumpkin spice lattes, snuggly scarves, warm fires, falling leaves etc. It's not my favourite season. I prefer Spring. The hope of good weather and the promise of longer days and brighter evenings. The only thing I love about this time of year is that I …
Stepping back into the light
I've been thinking about this post for a couple of weeks now. Not sure what to say or how to say it. Searching for the words to describe the last year or more honestly, without sounding like I'm grasping at the sympathy vote. Before COVID was a familiar talking point, before lockdowns were a thing, …
Looking after the bricks and mortar
Helloooo! Am back after another blogging break. I have a good excuse though. I was nursing injured ribs. I almost called this post 'Falling Slowly.' I can remember every moment of the fall and the landing. I tripped over a few millimetres of crooked paving stone and landed with an extremely painful THUD! So I …
Remembering and believing…
June (and the beginning of July) were just too busy – but brilliant. Each Saturday, there was something on, or I was away. Lots of travelling, long days and late nights. From the 1st weekend in June spent in Scargill House in Yorkshire, 2nd Saturday there was afternoon tea in our church, the following weekend …
Coming to the end of NFFD
Well I hope you've enjoyed the mix of flash fiction on here today. It's one of my fave writing days of the year, and though I spend a lot of time on longer projects these days, I do love a short and snappy story. So the final offering for today, comes from me and it's …
Some bubbly Flash Fiction from @hortonious101
Please join me in welcoming back Martin Horton to the blog, with a bubbly contribution to Flash Fiction Day. Don't forget, if you'd like to catch up more of with Martin's writing, you can visit his blog Hortonious101. Or follow him on Twitter @Hortonious101 Lost in Lather by Martin Horton I knew there was …
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