Admittedly, first thing in the morning my motivation is poor, but once I've had breakfast, and my muscles have warmed up properly, my mo...

As I've been attempting to revise a short story that has been sitting on my computer for a while - it won one of the writers club short ...

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. ...

I've been busy this week putting together a website for my pseudonym, Serena Lake. A few months ago when I bought my domain name, I al...

Today I was thinking about my old stories, and how none of my teenage attempts survived- I do regret that. When I started writing again in...

I've had a busy week so my Thursday post is being written today instead. And just because other essential appointments get in the way,...

Last week at Nottingham Writers' Club we had a mini-workshop on dialogue. Now dialogue has never given me issues, description yes, but...

Latest anthology news (see the details on my previous blog post) - it's looking like it will be out for December, when it will be availa...

This month is   Lowdham Book Festival 2012 between the 1st and 30th June. Usually the last day (a Saturday) is full of free talks and even...

As I've had the house to myself today, I've been writing. It's been a bit chaotic recently with the boys going out for their e...

I'm not sure where this week has gone actually, but it's almost Friday again. I've almost finished the final edit on my short ...

I spent most of Wednesday answering the phone, exchanging e-mails and putting together a hand-out on social media, and a mini talk sheet on ...

After a few weeks of not writing at all because my brain was in frozen mode (figuratively) while I got some new medication sorted, and the a...

If you've been following the tale of my Dorset novel, you may know that among the comments I received back from the judge of the competi...

After a few busy weeks, plus the nasty chest infection, I'm now getting back to the writing. Yesterday I finally completed chapter 2 o...

I've been making progress with my new approach to my characters- writing a character fact sheet for each one. I've always done a cha...

After my decision the other day to read more books, I started thinking about how many books that I actually absorb. When I say absorb I re...

Flash fiction is a complete story in a shorter form 250-1,000 words, though the latter figure would be a short story in some markets. As o...

We've all been there at some time, you're still a newish writer and you're struggling with your manuscript lay-out. How much par...