Being Jane Austen, Being Mr Darcy
So, a few weeks ago I began studying the Literature of the English Country House with FutureLearn, an affiliate of the Open University....
Life on Mars, Good Friday Gig
There was a lot of this Quite a bit of this And even some of this There is life on Mars after all! Let's hope the new owners at the Cafe...
CampWriMo #3
Today was more fluid again. I went back to my character Mills, the soon to be single mother. I suppose I’m drawing more from my own...
CampWriMo #day2
Today started slower. I don’t know if that’s because I came back from the school run in a grumpy mood or if it was because I moved onto a...
CampWriMO April #1
I’ve been revising my novel The Deadliest of Errors for almost a year now. Not long ago it seemed like I would never be done. I had bouts...
Camp NaNoWriMo Preparation Checklist:
Batch cooking completed, meals apportioned and frozen — check Laundry washed and dried, enough clean clothes to go a 2wk cycle — check...
Swinging with the Septuagenarians on St Paddy’s Day (well, the 14th March)
No, we’re not talking keys in bowls here people, but the kick off concert of the season. Yes, it all starts here again, finally. A little...
How to Hook a Literary Agent
- Write a fucking awesome book (um, hopefully), but remember no one makes a decent living out of writing novels these days. - Find and...
The New Writing Space (Secret Disco)
Cleverly disguised as the much needed ‘office’ for our business (you know, the one that’s more hassle than it’s worth?). Over the years...
