Last weekend I went to the Scotswrite 2017 conference. This is a conference set up by the Society of Authors, and the tagline was "Everything an author needs". I hadn't been to any of their events before, but this one was so close to home that I thought it would be a great way to … Continue reading Scotswrite 2017

It was a bit of a marathon to get my NWS submission in. Hours were snatched for writing in among all the other things I do with my life. And so I promised myself a break from writing for at least a few weeks. It's actually been great to have a break. I've done loads … Continue reading The importance of having a break

And so... my RNA New Writers' Scheme submission is finally in! That's seven long months of hard slog and sweat complete... until the suggestions and revisions come back...! Too be fair though, I have also really enjoyed writing this latest manuscript too. There's definitely going to be some celebration in the house tonight. But just … Continue reading Celebrations, and a short story

Monday was going to be my writing day. I went to bed on Sunday evening full of all the plans I was going to do. I was going to write two positive chatty blog posts about writing. I was going to write at least a couple of thousand words on my manuscript, and by the … Continue reading Monday’s mental dip

I was going to write a blog post on Monday, but on Saturday I got the news that a close friend had died. She had a good innings, as they say, and was starting to suffer quite serious health issues, so I felt a strange mix of sadness and relief on finding out. Relief that … Continue reading Reflections on Character

This weekend I finally decided that I would open up a Twitter account. I have been trying to avoid it as long as possible because it's another new technology to learn, but it seems like it is a great place to promote things, so I took the plunge. It was surprisingly easy to set up, … Continue reading Twitter

Now that my first manuscript is finally in a state that I feel like I can be proud of it, I've been sending it off to some publishers to see if someone will take it on. I decided to go first for publishers that take unagented manuscripts first, to see if I would have any … Continue reading Submissions, submissions

So, after a wonderful weekend at Fishguard, I had decided that this Monday would be a writing day. But, as usual, life got in the way. I woke up to a beautiful sunny morning and we don't get many of those, so I rushed out to do some work in the garden. It was only … Continue reading Squeezing it all in