The Present Yes, I'm back. Four months since I last posted and you may have forgotten I exist... I'm into a routine and writing ...

A quick update. Making progress on the novel draft for now, which explains the lack of posts currently. Sadly I've had to remove the...

Ask any group of writers what their filler words are and 'just' is certain to appear. They're those words we write without think...

The decorations came down on Sunday and a normal regime began on Monday- my snoozing creativity woke up, but the rest of me was failing to k...

East Midlands writers heard from Darren Hardy, manager of the KDP UK (kindle direct publishing) at an event organised via the Society of Aut...

It surprised me to receive an email on Friday telling me the reader's report from the New Writers' Scheme was ready to access. I had...

One week to go to my final deadline. Today (Sunday) I've done about seven hours at the keyboard- obviously I did get up to make coffee...

Two weeks to go and lots still to do. I've had a couple of days break, rewarding myself for all the words I've achieved by attendi...

It's been a long time since I was last able to post to the blog, so apologies for the silence. As friends on Facebook and Twitter will...

After taking a break over Easter to start sowing vegetable and herb seeds in pots and tubs, I'm getting back to the novel. Moving to S...

Just want to point everyone in the direction of the Womagwriter blog where further bad news on all rights fiction contracts have now spread...

I decided I'd try out Scrivener to see if it would help me get my manuscript done. There's a 30 day free trial and the days only ...

Toward the end of the year I review the past twelve months to see what I've achieved- or not in some cases- and set a few targets for th...

Only fifteen days until Christmas and I've still got cards and letters to write and presents to buy. Last week I was partying; minimal...

You may be like me, put off updating equipment until you absolutely need to, but then you get to the stage where it has to be done. Well tha...

It's been a very exciting Monday and a much better way to start a week than usual. My article 'Womag Rights' has been publishe...

No, the book is not done yet! Instead there's a non-fiction article due out any day- if you're a Writing Magazine subscriber; othe...

Authors earnings have been in the news this week with the initial results of the 2017 ALCS Authors Earnings Survey. There's more det...

It's been a bit of a seesaw week so far. I've made progress on the novel; rewritten another chapter today (as the noisier family m...

Many places in the UK have had another fall of snow; not as heavy as it was at the start of March, but still snow, very cold and windy. I...