I'm totally behind schedule this Christmas, but I'm sure many are with all the changes that have been happening... My little tree.....

The good news arrived too late for Sunday's post, so I'm sharing it today... I have received the report from this year's RNA New...

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 ...

You can find out more  here .            March has arrived and spring beckons- thankfully. I may get rid of my lingering cold t...

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...

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...

I've been taking a break from writing to catch-up on reading for enjoyment and learning, but most of all not putting pressure on mys...

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...

It's been a busy month so far and it's only the first week... Yesterday (Saturday) I was at a workshop at Nottingham Writers' ...

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...

March already and I'm finally making progress on the new scenes in the second draft of the novel. Back in January I was a bit concerne...

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 ...

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 ...