Views, reviews and muse related to my writing

Writing

  • Which Setting? – An Inspiration to Write

    Choosing the right setting for your novel is vital but how do we do it? Familiar or Imaginary If we choose a familar location it has loads of advantages: You can imagine each scene and the descriptions flow effortlessly as you write Your audience loves to read about places they know Promotion is more straight forward because  your…

    Keep Reading

  • Writing is like Gardening – A Personal Approach

    Blog writing, in fact all writing is personal. I’ve looked at other blogs and thought, should I be more organised and have my categories in careful lists, for example, rather than as a topics cloud, or have neat tabs for efficient and quick retrieval;  but I’ve decided just to be myself and keep to my own…

    Keep Reading

  • Has the pause button been pressed in your life?

    Do you ever feel that someone has pressed the pause button on your life? Maybe you’ve pressed it yourself to have a breathing space. What do you do? Engage in frenetic activity to make it work again? We are always striving to make things happen; to achieve success in our work or writing, to visit…

    Keep Reading

  • Time off from writing –You’re worth it!

    I hope that expression doesn’t irritate you as much as it does me. If so, I’ve lost my audience. If you’re still with me then my follow up from Time Management is the essential need to take a real break. Writing is an intense experience and we writers are inclined to be a bit obsessive.…

    Keep Reading

  • Writers’ Time Management – I should be so lucky!

    I have two precious days per week to write. I’m so lucky. Oh, just wait a minute – I can hear that the washing machine’s just finished. Be back in a mo……………… Hi again. Where was I? Oh yes. I like to start to write early. I spend some time getting my thoughts together, rereading my previous work and then…

    Keep Reading

  • Is a blog writer really a writer?

    The term ‘writer’ had blurred at the edges with new technology, so has the term ‘published writer’. All sorts of people are honing their skills in producing the written word by starting a blog in an area of their interest. Because they are doing it for free, does it mean that they are no less…

    Keep Reading

  • Why do Writers Blog? or To Blog or not to Blog?

    Some people have asked me why I write a blog when I could be concentrating on my current novel and as usual I cannot generalise but can only give my personal points of view. Here are some of my thoughts on the matter: Promotion The obvious reason, initially, was to promote my debut novel ‘Riduna’…

    Keep Reading

  • The Albion Writers’ Group?

    I don’t know what motivated me to suggest a local writer’s group in Ampthill. The reasons I gave last night were networking, support, encouragement and promotion. Not to mention the greater good of thinking of ways to promote our local bookshop and maybe set our sights on a Literacy Festival some time in the future.…

    Keep Reading