Only a month to Christmas Day and I've just started thinking about all that I need to do. Usually that's because November is busy...

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...

I know podcasts are very popular, and I have listened to a few writing-related ones, but I never seem to have the time to listen to them reg...

It was a busy week so I missed writing my Thursday post, so you'll be getting 2 for 1 today. :-) If you are a young woman writer who ...

Every writer knows the value of carrying a notebook or some device to record those moments we all get when an idea pops into our heads; we s...

I admit, I do enjoy reading about the shortlisted entries for the annual Bad Sex in Fiction award-the winner is announced 3rd December. So...

I'm looking forward to September arriving so I can get back to a set routine, and stop causing annoyance to my blog readers, due to my r...

Writers are very aware of piracy. We've seen what happened with the music industry and we want the publishing system to avoid the same...

My usual weekend baking session went a little awry yesterday- me at home with the evening meal almost ready (I was planning to make the lemo...

As those who know me well will tell you, I find useful or interesting news items on books, words or related publishing aspects, and relay th...

As I was out food shopping today, I noticed more price rises. By making a few changes in my weekly purchases, I can still afford the occasio...

It's been a while since I did a round up of interesting items I've come across while scanning the literary news, so here are a few l...

As there are sure to be numerous e-readers being unwrapped this Christmas, I hope some of your books are bought to be read on them... Acco...

I was trying to decide which of two ideas to blog about today. First, I thought I'd share my latest writing dilemma, trying to write 250...

I do know some writers who would deny themselves that description, but the majority of my writing acquaintances accept it. Friday evenings...

Reading an article by Alison Flood in the Books section of the Guardian online (Friday evening) I saw this headline  'Hardback sales plu...

Well I'm back in the land of computer access and what a difference Windows7 makes. Pages load instantly, images too. I've still go...

I've been getting on with the sorting out I mentioned recently. There's been a lot of shredding and recycling going on in my house...