Category: writer at work

I woke up with all good intentions yesterday morning, on time and everything. I had my dirty cuppa, but I didn’t have a quiet hour because I’d already reported a…

I’ve been a day behind on the blog all week, and this one should have been posted yesterday. But yesterday’s ended up being the Hello, March! post, and Monday’s, which…

Gosh, yesterday was busy. I thought Tuesday and Wednesday had been busy, but along came Thursday, saying, ‘hold my coat!’ The day started with the poet opening his presents and…

How was your weekend? Did you have a good one? Friday I was busy all day and the first thing I did once I hit my desk, after playing with…

Many thanks to NetGalley and to Storm Publishing for letting me see an advance reader’s copy of A Deadly Flame by Doug Sinclair. This is Book 3 in the DS…

Apparently, it’s Love Your Pet Dog Day today. I don’t think I need to say we love our pet dogs every day, and everyone else’s too! I’m late again today,…

Apparently, it’s Tug of War Day today. I can’t remember the last time I participated in a proper tug of war, or even watched one in action. Saying that, I…

It was Shrove Tuesday yesterday, and that makes it Ash Wednesday today. I wrote a short story a long time ago called Ash Wednesday. It was broadcast on BBC Radio…

It’s pancake day today, one of my favourite days of the year. I love pancakes, but I’ve never, ever been successful at making any. I always end up with either…

Today’s post should have been a book review, but I didn’t have one ready. So it’s the Friday/weekend catchup instead. And as tomorrow’s blog title will be ‘Pancake Day’, I…

This short story will only be available on this platform for 7 days. A male blackbird foraged for the last of the berries on the hawthorn while his mate tugged…

Apparently it’s Galentine’s Day today. Hands up everyone who’s heard of Galentine’s Day? I certainly hadn’t. So of course, off I pootled to find out what it’s all about, and…

Another lazy start to the day yesterday as I headed off for my last (hopefully) appointment for the light therapy treatment. The dogs hadn’t kept us awake half the night,…

I had a nice, leisurely start to the day on Tuesday. The poet was up and away early and I was able to go back to bed…until the dogs decided…

Friday Friday started as usual with my dirty cuppa and my quiet hour. I didn’t get any reading done, and my reading hour does seem to have slipped off the…

Wednesday We had an unexpected sprinkling of snow on Tuesday night, which was nice to watch. It didn’t last long, though, as it was very wet and very quickly turned…

The weekend Saturday was tied up with just shopping and more workshop catch-up, and we took the dogs for a short walk. On our way home from the supermarket, we…

Woke up yesterday to a big blue sky, sunshine, and frost. The rain seemed a distant memory, until I went out later and saw the aftermath of some of the…

We had a bit of a rough night after Storm Chandra made landfall. America freezes and the United Kingdom floods! Is Australia on fire? The worst of the rain hasn’t…

Friday began with another trip to the hospital. My appointment was slightly later this time, due to the appointments confusion now remedied. But that meant I could have my full…

And there were are. Friday already. Again. At least it’s still January! I forgot to mention in yesterday’s blog post, but as I was on my way out to the…

I had a much better night on Tuesday. The puppy let me sleep until 5am! Yay! When I got up a bit later and opened the living room curtains, the…

Grab yourself a cuppa and pull up a chair… Friday Because my appointments at the hospital had been messed up, Friday’s appointment was quite early in the morning. The poet…

It’s publication day today for my standalone SHORT STORY A Day at the Races.  The story, featuring Marcie Craig, also appears in Words Worth Reading: Issue Six.  You can buy…