Category: writer at work
Friday 6 February 2026: More catch-up
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…
Thursday 5 February 2026: Catch-up
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…
Thursday 29 January 2026: I finished a short story
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…
Wednesday 28 January 2026: Busy day
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…
Tuesday 27 January 2026: Rant alert…
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…
Friday 23 January 2026: eReading and eReaders
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…
Thursday 22 January 2026: Exercising my driving muscle
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…
Tuesday 20 January 2026: Weekend catch-up
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…
Monday 19 January 2026: Publication Day!
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…
Friday 16 January 2026: Late again…
I had another disturbed night on Wednesday, but this time it was just me waking myself up, coughing. For the most part, everyone ignored me, but I did have to…
Wednesday 14 January 2026: Steady work
So yesterday I was bragging a bit about neither of us feeling particular blue because our respective football (soccer) teams both won in the FA Cup round at the weekend….
Tuesday 13 January 2026: Blue Monday?
I had a bit of a cough all last week but by Friday evening it was starting to be a bit more. By Saturday morning I was barking like a…
Monday 12 January 2026: Appointment mess
Friday morning meant another trip to Rotherham for another light therapy session. Because it seems to be working, I wanted to find out what would happen if we stopped at…
Friday 9 January 2026: Friday already
I managed to catch up on quite a lot yesterday, which is good because there was a lot I didn’t do on Wednesday. The day started well with both dogs…
Thursday 8 January 2026: Rabbit holes…
Wednesday began a little later than it should have done due to the dogs having us up a few times in the night. Puppy has had a touch of the…
Wednesday 7 January 2026: Automatic ball machine
Although, technically, I had 3 weeks off over Christmas, for the first week I worked, as previously mentioned. That gave us 2 weeks for the actual holiday. However, we didn’t…
Tuesday 6 January 2026: Hello, January!
Soooo, I’m still attending light therapy treatment 3 times a week, so that’s still dictating a lot of my working week at the moment. One job that will now drop…
Monday 5 January 2026: Publication Day!
It’s publication day today for my BOOKAZINE Words Worth Reading: Issue Six. In this issue: Short Story: A Day at the Races, featuring Marcie Craig Short Story: Valentine’s Date Complete…
Friday 2 January 2025: December wrap-up!
I’m not going to do a wrap-up for 2025 this year. Most of you have all already seen it all anyway and I don’t want to bore anyone. Here, though,…
Wednesday 17 December 2025: Monday & Tuesday
This post also appears on Patreon. I should really be on holiday now, but I promised an author I’d have their book back to them by a certain date and,…
Monday 15 December 2025: Selfish gits
This post also appears on Patreon. So it’s Monday again already and, in this household at least, we start our march towards the big day. Friday seems such a long…
Friday 12 December 2025: Short n sweet
This post also appears on Patreon. And here we are again. The end of another week already. It was quite non-stop and busy yesterday again, as I get ready to…
Thursday 11 December 2025: Got some work done
This post also appears on Patreon. Wednesday morning is one of my 3 weekly light therapy sessions at the hospital. It takes up the best part of the entire morning…
Wednesday 10 December 2025: Tech issues again
This post also appears on Patreon. After 2 disturbed nights on the trot and the previous day’s intense concentration on my annual finances, I really struggled to get up yesterday….


































