All About Writing

This is all about writing; the process and my processing of the craft. What is this insanity? Come along with me as I discover this strange new world.

All the Good Words

I keep a daily word tally on my calendar. When I write more than 250 words each day for my novel, I reward myself with stickers, that say things like: Super Star, Nice Job, Good work, etc. It’s something I started last month so I can watch myself progress. For August, I set a target

He gets to live another day

From 1993, my creativity came in the form of sewing fancy dress costumes. It started out as a hobby sized business. I’d make the costumes and hire them out for a small amount of money. It grew and became a fulltime business. Continuing until I closed the doors for the last time in February 2018.

I just wanted to share this…

Since starting my writing education early this year, I have discovered many avenues to learn the craft. You can do courses on writing, there are many out there; read the many how-to blogs about writing; discuss writing with like-minded people on the social pages, or listen to podcast interviews with authors.      What they have

It’s Time

A short story of family, memories and moving on.

My Inspiration was…

I find it interesting about why people are inspired to write what they write. Inspiration is defined as i.The process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative and ii. a sudden brilliant or timely idea. My inspirations I mentioned in my previous post, The Creative Juices are on

The Creative Juices are on the Move!

A few months ago, an idea popped into my head about creating a blog. Original destination I am an amateur photographer: my chosen piece of equipment is my iPhone – that’s all. Some of my photos are good and it seems a shame to have them sitting on my phone. Sure, occasionally they go up