Words Worth Writing

4 November 2016

NaNoWriMo 2016 – Day Four

NaNoWriMo

3 November 2016

NaNoWriMo 2016 – Day Three

NaNoWriMo

2 November 2016

NaNoWriMo 2016 – Day Two

NaNoWriMo

1 November 2016

NaNoWriMo 2016 – and so it begins … Day One

Today I started NaNoWriMo 2016. I’m going to be a NaNoReBel this year. I’m using the time to finish a draft of Catch the Rainbow, a book that’s taken me an inordinate amount of time to complete. I’m going to stick with the target word-count of 50,000 words, which should bring my overall total close to 80,000 words – not...

NaNoWriMo

15 August 2016

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 novels, Men in Black, X-Men, as well as his own novels, short stories and serials. Further investigation reveals that the 7-day novel isn’t actually a full novel length, more a...

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12 August 2016

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 writing fun, interesting and motivating. Yesterday I moved a few scenes around using index cards … and there they were already moved in the text part of the story too....

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25 July 2016

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!) of the things I’ve been working on recently. NIGHT CRAWLER: A MARCIE CRAIG MYSTERY and TWEE TALES are now available, on Kindle, for £2.99 and £1.99 respectively. If you click on...

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12 May 2016

Back into the groove

You know when the schedule’s starting to work again when you get an extra 10 – 20 minutes in which to do whatever you want. Some people may re-jig their schedule as they can probably squeeze something extra into that extra time. But I prefer to reward myself for being busy because, otherwise, I just may burn out. Today, I’m...

writer at work

6 May 2016

Twee Tales – rebrand now available on Amazon!

I promised I’d let you know when Twee Tales was available outside of Lulu. Amazon were once again first off the blocks within only a few days. It’s available here for £4.99 + delivery if you’re not a Prime customer or if you don’t spend £20. Or you can get it from Lulu, here, for £3.99 + p&p. If you Google...

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13 April 2016

Catch the Rainbow

Whilst editing Baggins Bottom Best Bits Book 3, I came across this post (now no longer available online). As it sums up exactly what Catch the Rainbow is all about, I’m going to leave it here for now, as a taster and to remind me … Catch the Rainbow 31 March 2007 On 21 November 1974, explosions ripped through 2 city centre...

writer at work

13 April 2016

Night Crawler: a Marcie Craig mystery – paperback now available on Amazon!

I promised I’d let you know when Night Crawler: a Marcie Craig mystery (the paperback) was available outside of Lulu. Amazon were once again first off the blocks within only a few days. It’s available here for £7.99 + delivery if you’re not a Prime customer or if you don’t spend £20. Or you can get it from Lulu, here, also...

writer at work

1 April 2016

Night Crawler: a Marcie Craig mystery – now available in PAPERBACK!

Well, I told you we’d been busy … I’m delighted to announce that Night Crawler: a Marcie Craig mystery is now available in paperback – and it’s EARLY too, as I promised it would be ready 3 months after the hardback and that was published on 2 February. So I’m feeling very smug about that. You can only get hold of this...

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1 April 2016

Night Crawler: a Marcie Craig mystery – hardback now available everywhere!

I promised I’d let you know when Night Crawler: a Marcie Craig mystery (the hardback) was available outside of Lulu. Amazon were the first off the blocks within only a few days. It’s available here for £15.99 + delivery if you’re not a Prime customer or if you don’t spend £20. However, it’s also available at the Book Depository, here, for...

writer at work

1 April 2016

REPUBLICATION DAY – Twee Tales

I expect you’ve been wondering where I’ve been and what I’ve been up to. But I can assure you that I’ve been quite busy … and so has the poet. But here is one of the things we’ve been working on. Twee Tales by Diane Parkin has been republished and repackaged as Twee Tales by Diane Wordsworth. I’m retiring the original print...

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2 February 2016

REPUBLICATION DAY – Night Crawler: a Marcie Craig mystery

We’re a few days late – the book was due out on Friday, but we had some cover issues – but here it is, finally. Night Crawler, republished and repackaged as Night Crawler: a Marcie Craig mystery by Diane Wordsworth. I’m retiring the original print copies now and the paperback should be out in about 3 months. Then I’ll retire...

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18 January 2016

Author interview: Sarah Stephenson

I’m delighted to welcome today Sarah Stephenson, newly published author of Dougal’s Diary (Crooked Cat). ~~~ Sarah lives in South East London with two dogs, the occasional grandchild and a lot of clutter. “I’ve had a chequered career as ballet dancer, chef, cleaning lady, salesgirl of outsize underwear in Littlewoods, and actor,” Sarah says. “As an actor I worked mostly...

interview

31 December 2015

List alert: A bright new year

We had a fantastic 2015. In May we were married in Gretna Green, and had a wonderful honeymoon, first in Scotland and then in Cyprus. Our very busy life started to ease off a little, and my writing work was made much more businesslike. In November, of course, I finally completed my first ever NaNoWriMo, and my first full-length story...

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31 December 2015

Welcome

Welcome to my new writing-related site. Here is where you’ll find all things writing for 2016 onwards. For everything else, visit my lifestyle blog at Baggins Bottom. This site is still very much under construction, so any constructive feedback would be most gratefully received. Please comment below, or use the contact form. Thank you.

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