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Task Fourteen: Unfinished Sentences
Sometimes, all it can take to start writing is the beginning of a sentence. I do it all the time for the children in my class; tell them what they’re writing about and give them some sentence openings...
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Time travel is not for the faint-hearted
My dream of being published still exists. I am not even looking for world-wide, JK Rowling-esque fame; all I want is to be able to go into a bookshop and see my book for sale. And maybe see someone on...
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2012 in Review
So, we have come to the end of another year. It is another year in which I have not found myself an agent (they never did get back to me), but I am by no means sad about this. Slightly disappointed,...
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So many books, so little time
I arrive home to find two small parcels waiting for me in the hall. One is brown cardboard, thin but sturdy. The other white, puffy and heavier. Eagerly, I drop my bag and coat onto the cream carpet...
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There’s something to be said for taking your time
I am about to begin writing the first chapter of my new book. It is, for me, the second most exciting moment in writing something (the other being finishing). The whole Word document sits before you,...
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Starbucks and writing… Part 4
I’m lying. I didn’t go to Starbucks today. Sorry to the big, multi-national company but today an independent won. Why? They serve better lunches. I was just in the mood for a BLT panini and a can of...
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Feeling like I’ve grown
I managed another writing session today. There’s something about the Sun that seems to make me more productive! I’m sure I’m not the only one, but when that silky sunshine is raining down I feel like I...
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Just writing…
I just wanted to let you know that today, I’m writing. No excuses. No procrastinations. No coffee. Just me, a Word document and a whole host of ideas. Perhaps the view helps?
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What’s in a name?
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” A famous line from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. If a rose were to be called a turnip instead, it would still have all the properties of the same...
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I’ll have an ‘e’
I have been thinking lately about why an author would put a gimmick in a book to make people buy it. I worked for a retail book chain and once heard tell of a book that did not contain the letter ‘e’....
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