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 ...

Welcome to part two of my 2018 review. In part one it was January to June, and now the busy exciting aspects start with July... July to ...

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...

Yes, not only is there redecorating going on at home, but on the blog too. This month I'm going to be having a spring clean of the blo...

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...

Lights and Pipes sounds like it should be a non-fiction book title, but actually that's what it's been this past week. The much ta...

Now I need to say at the start this treasure is not the archetypal pirate treasure- coins, jewellery and other goodies along with the odd sk...

I have survived. Previously I've done short writing sessions for the writers' club- when needed- but never actually done a worksho...

The Bath Postal Museum is another delightful Bath gem that would probably get missed on a weekend visit-if you didn't know it was there...

I'm going backwards for this visit to Bath, and sharing the smaller less well-known museums in Bath first. Last Sunday we (husband and...

The arrival of the latest newsletter from the Fashion Museum in Bath reminded me that I'd planned to go back this year so I could see A ...

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 ...

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...

For those of you who had a Bank Holiday on Monday, I hope you enjoyed it. I did a little gardening, but spent most of the day sorting thro...

Now I've been able to add a few programs to my new desktop I'm feeling much more in control. After advice from writer friends wh...

Things breaking... All three... After losing my broadband a month ago due to damage to the line outside the house, once I was reconnec...