As many of you know, I commit to a blog schedule at the end of each year for the up coming year. In 2021, my twice weekly posts will continue to be divided between writing topics and delving into my books and writing life for my readers. I hope you will find the...
We all want the time and space to write more. Life gets in the way a lot of the time, but if you make some 'writing' time within our normal life, it can be done. Firstly, it seems obvious but set a goal for your writing session. Do you know what your objective is? Are...
How is the isolation affecting your writing? When I virtual chat with writing friends most of them say they feel generally lethargic. It is not just their writing life and routine that has changed but also life in general has restricted their creativity. With limited...
Today's question is by way of an exercise to inspire the writing Muse. I hosted my writing group's meeting on Tuesday and used a bag of multiple buttons as a 10 minute writing prompt. There were hundreds of buttons in various colours, styles and shapes. Each...
Firstly, thank you to all my followers, who make this blog so worthwhile and fun to write. Your interactions and likes mean so much to me. As a writing community we need to support, encourage and connect with each other. Our writing space, be it a home office, a...
Yep it's me today due to an author having to postpone her interview. I thought I should try my own interview to see how it felt! Does writing energize or exhaust you? It certainly energizes me, once I am into a story it embraces me in such a way I forget the world...
When I began writing, I used to spend a lot of time using a site called, Espresso Story, where the stories were 25 words or less. It helped me define a story in a few words until I felt able to increase my word count and descriptions. Here are a few examples. The...
On Sunday I attended a writing workshop entitled Texture and Emotion in Your Writing. It was an informative and fun afternoon and we all learned a lot about word usage and creating more evocative sentences. I would like to share my responses to a couple of exercises...