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...

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...

Thursday my second draft went over the 40,000 word mark. (Admittedly at the start of the year I already had a handful of the early chapter...

I have one month to get my manuscript in to the RNA's New Writers' Scheme. Fortunately I can submit a partial if that's all that...

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...

Are you a multi-tasking writer? Although I'm concentrating on my novel at the moment I'm thinking about two other projects in-betw...

Last month I downloaded Scrivener. I was warned it is a steep learning curve but taking the time to watch the videos and work through the ...

Did you have a good New Year? I spent it very quietly at home... I'm very happy to say that I've started 2019 well as I've alr...

You probably know that issue of discovering you've given one or more of your characters two different eye or hair colours in your manusc...

My plan (this year) to use my diary better to keep a track of deadlines, as well as meetings/appointments, has shown me I'm very busy tw...

A useful reference book... (image source:Amazon) Yes, I was meant to be writing a short story, and getting on with my second draft, b...

Finally I've had some free time to get back to my Nottinghamshire short novel- lots of appointments at this time of year. :( As I was ...

An orderly routine at home has been restored with the academic year beginning, so that means undisturbed writing time. Well that's the...

Saving the story... I've now got my portable hard drive, so I'll be saving my work in progress as I go along, not just on a memo...

I've always preferred third person viewpoint, both writing and reading. Occasionally I have written a short story from the first perso...

Sometimes I find getting into the mind of my characters easy, at other times it can be problematic. In my second draft I have some gaps to...

Finally I can return to the second draft rewrite. I'm grateful to Patsy Collins for guest posting last week while I was very busy wit...

I did it! My entry into the New Talent Award was emailed to the competition address this afternoon, and the small entry fee paid. The co...

After my down spell last week I'm pleased to say equilibrium has been restored and I'm getting on with the first chapter rewrite. ...