Words Worth Writing

This feature is in association with NetGalley. Pirate Queens by Rebecca Alexandra Simon Many thanks to both NetGalley and to Pen & Sword for letting me see an advance reader’s…

The week before last, I was stupidly busy trying to finish a ghostwriting instalment. I did it, but it meant much of my other work was neglected. So I was…

Chapter 19: Week commencing Friday 13 May Friday I was so busy on Friday I didn’t even realise it was Friday the 13th. The first job I got out of…

Exciting news this week. The tomato plants finally arrived after weeks and weeks of waiting. This was a collection I ordered from a magazine, but now they are here, we…

Chapter 18: Week commencing Friday 6 May Friday Okay, hopefully I’ve learnt from not writing the diary as I go along, so today I’m here, at my desk, reporting for…

While the poet did fit in 30 minutes to cut the front lawns on Saturday, we didn’t get into the garden again at the weekend beyond that. There wasn’t anything…

This feature is in association with NetGalley. The Stories of my Life by James Patterson Many thanks to both NetGalley and to Random House UK for letting me see an…

Chapter 13 Publication Day! Today sees the publication of another Wordsworth Collection. Flash Fiction 2: Another Five Very Short Stories is exactly what it says it is. The book consists…

Chapter 17: Week commencing Friday 29 April Friday I’m writing much of this week’s diary in retrospect and I can’t for the life of me remember what kept me so…

No, this isn’t one of our cornflowers, but I hope we have some of these soon. Nothing to report from the portable garden this week, other than that the cornflower…

Due to another long weekend, and another one taken off, yesterday’s publishing challenge post has been postponed. However, the short story Wedding of the Year was published yesterday. This is…

Chapter 16: Week commencing Friday 22 April Friday Another 3 books came in overnight from NetGalley, so I added those to the project. As of this morning, that’s 218… I…

Note: If any of the pictures are too small on your hand-held device, try turning the device on its side. It was a shorter weekend just gone, 2 days instead…

Chapter 12 Publication Day! Today sees the publication of another Wordsworth Short. Around the Maypole is a story I wrote but didn’t send anywhere. I published it myself in Twee Tales…

Chapter 15: Week commencing Friday 15 April Friday It was Good Friday on Friday and, because I’d done all of my work, for the first time in ages I had…

Note: If any of the pictures are too small on your hand-held device, try turning the device on its side. Several ducks lined up in a row this week: I…

Due to the long weekend, and due to me actually being able to take the long weekend off, yesterday’s publishing challenge post has been postponed. However, the short story A…

Chapter 14: Week commencing Friday 1 April & Friday 8 April Friday (1 April) I remembered to come in and start the post on Friday this week, instead of try…

The weekend just gone was all about getting things ready. It’s a big, open, boring garden that’s covered with gravel and flanked by hedges. There’s a massive garage at one…

Due to last week’s hospital stay, I didn’t get around to writing up the latest publishing challenge post. That doesn’t mean I missed the challenge. Thanks to technology and being…

We’ve been at this house for almost 2 years and we’ve yet to do anything with the garden. This is for 2 reasons: We didn’t know how long we’d be…

We thought it was trapped wind, but as the pain got steadily worse I realised I needed to go to hospital. When I got there, they diagnosed pancreatitis, and they…

Chapter 13: Week commencing Friday 25 March Friday For all of Friday I was editing. Hard-copy editing for the Yorkshire editing/proofreading/writing client. There was nothing else on my planner. Just…

Wednesday Writing Prompts are back, but renamed simply Writing Prompts. This is so I don’t feel obliged to do one every week, especially when I’m snowed under doing other, paying…