Category: writer at work
Thursday 20 November 2025: Snow!
I’ve got out of the habit of writing today’s blog post during the previous day and scheduling it to post at 8am. I suppose the obvious reason for this is…
Wednesday 19 November 2025: Need more focus time
I’m not getting very many longer segments of time in which I can focus properly on a job that needs a lot of concentration at the moment. So I’m doing…
Tuesday 18 November 2025: Back to the beginning
On Saturday I had to work. I still had that editing job to do and send off to be set and I wanted it off my desk sooner rather than…
Thursday 13 November 2025: Editing
I forgot to complete my food allergies diary on Tuesday, so that was the first job I did Wednesday morning, while it was still fresh in my mind. The second…
Wednesday 12 November 2025: More covers work
Yesterday morning began, bright and early again, with me first letting the puppy out and then feeding them both about an hour later. I had my dirty cuppa and read…
Tuesday 11 November 2025: Playing with images
Last week I ordered a food and allergies diary in a bid to see if there’s a pattern with my skin. That arrived on Friday, and I started it yesterday…
Friday 7 November 2025: A shiny new fence
And here we are. Friday again already… Yesterday began rather like the day before had, with me making corrections to the blog post over a dirty cuppa on my mobile…
Thursday 6 November 2025: New schedule begins
Last job of the day on Tuesday was supposed to be schedule work. Then I remembered yesterday’s entry for 12 stories in 12 months. It’s rare I get this done…
Wednesday 5 November 2025: Bonfire Night!
I love Bonfire Night. It’s one of my favourite times of the year. I love the bonfires, the fireworks, the sparklers, the hot dogs, the jacket potatoes, the smell of…
Tuesday 4 November 2025: All good intentions
By last Thursday morning, I had all good intentions of being caught up at least a little bit. But then I couldn’t even remember to schedule Thursday’s blog post on…
Friday 31 October 2025: October wrap-up!
The permanent arrival of a 4-year-old spaniel closely followed by a 10-week-old puppy took up a lot of planning and organisation time during October. I cancelled the minor surgery because…
Thursday 30 October 2025: Back to work
I thought I’d make a start on catching up with the blogs again just in time for the wrap-up and month ahead posts tomorrow and on Monday. I don’t have…
Monday 27 October 2025: Publication Day!
It’s publication day today for Fireworks at Killiecrankie, Wordsworth Short #43. This was originally a flash fiction short story, because the original version came in under 1,200 words. As the…
Tuesday 21 October 2025: Keeping an eye on things
I forgot to mention on Friday, that while we were re-arranging the office furniture around the new internet router, I was doing a lot of crawling around on my knees….
Tuesday 14 October 2025: The garden man is here
I’d already done quite a bit of work on Friday when I got round to writing the blog post. But I got through a lot afterwards as well. I’d just…
Friday 10 October 2025: Smile! It’s the weekend!
So I didn’t do a great deal yesterday other than editing. Editing, editing, editing. All day. I did do some housework, and I did feed and water the garden birds….
Wednesday 8 October 2025: Armchair gardening
I started the day yesterday downloading garden magazines on Readly for the past year. If I can keep a year of magazines downloaded, then I’ll always have it if that…
Tuesday 7 October 2025: How did that happen?
I mean, how is it already the 7th of October? It’s blummin ridiculous. Friday So, what happened on Friday? Well, I had some regular weekly tasks, which I did: Weekly…
Friday 3 October 2025: Silly billy
Gosh, this is a long one. Make your favourite drink and pull up a chair… Monday The poet was up bright an early on Monday morning to head off down…
Thursday 2 October 2025: Misty mornings
And here we are – already 2 days into October and, already again, misty mornings are upon us. I do love this time of year, although winter is my favourite….
Tuesday 30 September 2025: September wrap-up!
Wow. I thought August had gone fast, but September came along and said, ‘Hold my coat!’ The new schedule does seem to be working well, and I didn’t have half…
Friday 26 September 2025: Funeral today
I’ve said it before, but Thursdays are always my most tired days, for some reason, and this week was no different. Really struggled to get up yesterday. I think we’re…
Thursday 25 September 2025: Book 11 begins
I had my latest dermatology appointment yesterday at 11am, which should have given us plenty of time to get there. But we both overslept. That’s what happens when we turn…
Wednesday 24 September 2025: Ducks in a row
I’m still doing a lot of catching up from all that faffing last week with covers and illustrations and publications and so on. One day I may have all my…


































