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Tag Archives: writing
Witches’ Knickers!
Happy New Year everyone! I started a new, full time job last year (right at the start of lockdown) and my blog posts have dried up as a result, (good job I’m using the free version of WordPress). So I’ve … Continue reading
A-Z of Fictional Characters: O is for Olwyn
I’ve had a block on this blogging thread as I couldn’t think of a character starting with ‘O’. (Ok, so there’s Othello and Ophelia, but I didn’t fancy writing about them. In fact now that I’ve written this I’m sure … Continue reading
Time for a change…
I spent a lot of time last year (and the year before), submitting, re-writing and again submitting The Merewoods Witches to various agents and competitions. I got a couple of ‘nearlys’. But nearly isn’t good enough, and yesterday I found … Continue reading
Review of the year
A few times this year I’ve mentioned things I’ve been about to do, but not followed up with the results, so here’s my review of what I’ve been up to in 2019. This year I… Submitted my novel to 11 … Continue reading
#IWSG Feb 2019: From slush pile to reject pile
It’s the first Wednesday of the month, which means it’s time to share our hopes, dreams and fears with the Insecure Writers Support Group, the brainchild of Ninja Captain Alex J. Cavanaugh, and this month’s hosts are;Raimey Gallant, Natalie Aguirre, … Continue reading
YAY! I’m in an anthology!!
This is my last post of 2018, and I wanted to share some news. I have a flash story in an anthology presented by one of my favourite writers; Holly Lisle. Holly not only writes awesome books, but it was … Continue reading
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Joint Arts Project
Last week saw the culmination of a project I’ve been involved with for the past year. One of my writing groups, Chudleigh Writers, has been taking part in a Joint Arts Project with local photographers and artists. This is how … Continue reading
#IWSG July: Goals (very topical with the world cup and all)
It’s the first Tuesday of the month! And I’m a bit late as I didn’t notice the date change. Happy 4th July, American Peeps! It’s time to share our hopes, dreams and fears with the Insecure Writers Support Group, the … Continue reading
Enter title here… umm, yeah… title…hmm
It’s the first Wednesday of the month already, and time to share our hopes, dreams and fears with the Insecure Writers Support Group, the brainchild of Ninja Captain Alex J. Cavanaugh, and this month’s hosts are; Beverly Stowe McClure, Tyrean … Continue reading
#IWSG Jan18: Planning and schedules (oh my!)
Happy New Year! It’s a nice fresh, clean slate to be insecure and procrastinate all over! So it’s very apt that my first post of 2018 is for the Insecure Writer’s Support Group monthly hop. This merry band of writers, … Continue reading