I first heard about NaNoWriMo years ago, before I had ever tried writing anything myself. I put it at the back of the filing cabinet in my mind and have since dreamt of one day challenging myself to write a 50,000 word first draft in one month. NaNoWriMo 2018 has started and while I still… Continue reading My first NaNoWriMo – A thought a day
In January when I was riding the wave of new year enthusiasm and motivation I made quite a few submissions in quick succession. Sadly that pace has slowed but I’m delighted that two of these flash fiction pieces have been published very recently. Session 3 Homework appears in issue 21 of the brilliant short… Continue reading Publishing news
I’m having a social media hiatus at the moment (trying to make more time for writing!) so I’m sharing my latest acceptance here. Thank you 101 Words for sharing my story ‘Doomsday Lady’. You can read it here.
I realised I haven’t uploaded a blog at all in 2018. Whoops. But, rather than chastise myself I’m going to take it as a sort of positive, because it’s a reflection of the fact I’ve been focusing more on my creative writing. Woohoo. My writing year has got off to a positive start in a… Continue reading Building up a regular writing habit
There’s nothing more motivating for fledgling writers than hearing from other writers who’ve been in the same position and have gone on to ‘make it’. I immediately warmed to author, Phaedra Patrick, at a Read Regional event earlier this week hosted by The Heatons library. She started off by talking about ‘those people’ for whom… Continue reading Learning from the curiously charming writer, Phaedra Patrick
