Category: writer at work
Diary of a non-fiction book: week 1 – day 1
The day didn’t get off to a great start. I’ve been fighting a cold and a “bit of a throat” for a couple of weeks and at the end of…
Diary of a non-fiction book: week 1 – the story so far
A few weeks ago (on or around 12 June in fact, so it was longer ago than I thought), I was editing a book for lovely-already-boss and one chapter in…
A week of ups and downs
It’s been a week of ups and downs this week, and a very busy one as a result. But there’s some good news in here too. Some very good news….
I found my writing mojo
This time last week I was feeling a bit annoyed with myself. I’d not done any proper work for a few weeks. So I pulled up my socks and gave…
July throwaways
At the start of the week I did my usual think/query/write submit and I chose three topics to write articles on and three topics to write short stories around. Here…
Getting organised: Trello
Yesterday I realised I’d not done any writing in almost two weeks – not ANY writing at all … … well, I lied. I *did* actually write the structure for…
Disgraceful!
My work output just lately has been absolutely atrocious. I just this second updated my word-count spreadsheet for July, and I had to spend some time first putting in a…
Having a splurge
I seem to be having a mid-week writing splurge – and long may it last. I’ve been very busy editing a heavy book, but I finished it and sent the…
Update
Once again I have been very busy and I’ve neglected both of my blogs. I’m waaaay behind on my 52 books in 52 weeks, but I *am* still reading them,…
I’ve been busy …
Aside from being very busy publishing books (more on this later), I’ve also been messin’ with the website. I was in two minds whether or not to keep it as…
Update
March has been a bit busy … apologies for going AWOL. Nothing has been wrong, all is well. I’ve just been really, really busy. The month began with the tail…
When a new project begins
I’m so excited, I always am when I’m about to start a new project I’ve been mulling over in my head. The plan was to start the new project in…
Ideas masterclass: January 2017
Okay, you asked for it, so here it is – the ideas masterclass for January. There are lots of places to find ideas and, this month, as with previous months,…
Challenge: Write a novel in 7 days or 10 days
Recently, I discovered the books, the website and the writing methods of Dean Wesley Smith. He’s a very prolific writer who writes some of the Star Trek novels, Spider Man…
Writer at Work- writing CATCH THE RAINBOW: characters
I’m currently typing CATCH THE RAINBOW onto Scrivener, the writing software I wish I’d discovered 30 years ago. I’m loving all of the gimmicks and gadgets that help to make the…
Two books now available on Kindle
I’m delighted to announce that not one but TWO of my re-branded, re-packaged and re-published books are now available in the Kindle store on Amazon. This is one (or two!)…
