Archive for December, 2011
I came across The Eclectic Reader 2012 Challenge whilst reading Blogs-Of-A-Bookaholic and thought it sounded like a great idea. The aim is to push you a little outside your comfort zone by reading up to 12 books during the year from 12 different genres. I like to set goals. I find this the best way to achieve anything. I […]
Filed under: Reading, Recommended Books, Writing | 59 Comments
Tags: Fiction, Historical fiction, Literary fiction, Literature, Science fiction, Young-adult fiction
Festive Cheer!
I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for all your support and comments over the last few months. I really appreciate the encouragement and it has spurred me on to step up my writing as we enter 2012. Today is Boxing day. For me it’s a day to chill out and relax. A […]
Filed under: Uncategorized, Writing | 16 Comments
Tags: Boxing Day, Bubble and squeak, Christmas, Christmas dinner, Yorkshire pudding
Adventures
Last weekend my writing group had a get together. Well, actually only two of us were able to attend, but the soon to be published Mr Craig Hallam and I met up to talk about all things writing. We’re planning another meet-up early in January where, hopefully, everyone will be able to get together and […]
Filed under: Writing | 22 Comments
Tags: Creative writing, Fiction, Short story, Writers Resources
Novel – Making Progress
I’ve finished re-writing the first six chapters of my crime novel. 67 pages and just under 20k words. Yay! It started out as an edit, but who was I kidding? It was always going to be a re-write. What would have been the point of studying Creative Writing for three years and then not putting my […]
Filed under: Novel In Progress, Writing | 30 Comments
Tags: Creative writing, Crime fiction, Writing
