Category: writer at work

So, after talking the poet into going to price up curtains for the conservatory (it wasn’t *that* easy), he made a quiche and put some jacket potatoes in the oven….

WE WEREN’T OVERLY BUSY at the weekend, but we did get a lot done. Saturday First of all we needed to go shopping, as always, and we did that on…

Once again I forgot to start today’s post on Friday, so I’m doing much of this from memory. I didn’t have a very busy day on Friday, but I did…

After a good run, the sun finally went in on Thursday morning and the sky clouded over. We didn’t have any rain, and we don’t have any forecast, but we…

So, Wednesday…I was up on time, but I did sit in my armchair with my dirty cuppa reading a daily newspaper on Readly. Still time-consuming, it doesn’t take up as…

Tuesday didn’t start as well as Monday. I was late getting up and then late getting to my desk. But once there, I did crack on. The first job I…

Monday morning dawned bright and early with yet more sunshine.  Once I’d had my first dirty cup of tea of the day, I started to catch up on my exercises,…

Friday seems like such a long time ago. We must have had a good weekend. I know I forgot to write today’s blog post, so I’m writing it Monday morning…

I was up with the poet again on Thursday, which always sets me up for a good day at work. If he leaves the house too early, I go back…

Before going to bed on Tuesday night, I had a play with book covers on Canva. I’m planning Book 7 of the great novella challenge, and I wanted to (a)…

Monday was a very busy day. We were back off our holiday and had a lot to get through, including sorting out the washing from our trip, doing some shopping,…

It’s publication day today for my SHORT STORY The Egg Thief, Wordsworth Short #38.  I created Horvale for Stevie Beck, a fictional dale in Yorkshire with villages, towns, rivers, dales,…

We have the best part of 2 weeks off during the month of May, though not necessarily at the same time. So I’ve had to squeeze a month’s work into…

We had a stunted April, thanks to the bank holidays and our mammoth road trip. I still got quite a lot done, though. April wrap-up! Here, then, is how April…

This feature is in association with NetGalley. Many thanks to NetGalley and to Storm Publishing for letting me see an advance reader’s copy of Beautiful Remains by Gwyn Bennett. This…

It’s publication day today for my VERY SHORT STORY The Mucky Duck, Flash Fiction #14.  In 2023, I started a writing challenge. The challenge was to write 12 short stories…

In the days leading up to Easter, I was busy doing a ton of stuff. Time was running out on me and I had a lot to do. A lot….

The weather changed on the Tuesday before Easter, which foiled my plans for getting all the washing dry. But I’d had a good run. It didn’t rain in the end,…

It’s publication day today for Words Worth Reading Issue 3, my quarterly bookazine. This quarter the bookazine contains three brand-new and exclusive short stories: Elvis is Missing; The Battle of…

After a relatively active Sunday, I did think I’d be in agony Monday morning. But I wasn’t. Always good to start the day with a bonus. Even better to start…

Oh my gosh, I got a lot done on Friday morning. I was up with the poet and making phone calls to do all sorts of things. Order our repeat…

We had to get up early yesterday morning to take the campervan to our mechanic as he was going to reset the radio code for us. We’d tried everything all…

While I was so busy fannying around with spreadsheets, I forgot to mention that The Life of Richard Cadbury has finally been released as a paperback. Just in time for…

After a busy week and a full weekend, I was amazed I was even up on time on Monday morning. I could have slept for another hour. But I had…