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My Debut Novel, ‘Safe Hands’ – The Story So Far
Write Up to Date #4 – Coming Up For Air
If anyone has been paying attention, you will notice I am more than a week late with this post. Life and, unfortunately, Death pushed my writing to the sidelines for a while. Sadly, my Grandad passed away on May 1st. It was sudden, unexpected and…
15k in May – Final Update
Ok . . . excuse me while I just slap on a fake smile and put some positive spin on this . . . ahem . . . there we go. That’s better. So, 15k in May is over and the big question on everyone’s…
Flash Fiction – A Recipe For Love?
This week’s writing challenge was to write 150 words on anything; however verbs and adjectives ( and nouns where possible) had to have a gastronomic/food connection. I found this challenge very tricky. I’m not sure I have adhered strictly to the rules, but here is…
15k in May – Writing Challenge. Week 3 Update
Only a very quick update of where I am in the 15k in May writing challenge – my attempt to add at least another 15,000 words to my WIP by the end of this month. I’ve found this week to be very tough going and…
15k in May – Update for Week 2
I am currently in the midst of the 15k in May Writing Challenge. Despite posting another zero day on Day 9 and a miniscule 177 words on Day 11, I am currently ahead of schedule and am happy to be writing most days. Even though…
15K in May – my next big challenge.
Am I mad?! Having just completed one challenge (the A-Z Blog Challenge) only yesterday, it’s time to move on to the next! This time it’s the 15K in May challenge (#15kinmay) and I will be updating you on my progress every Wednesday during May. Starting…
Z is for Zero – the word count no one wants to see!
When writing, keeping a tally of your daily word count can be a great tool to keep up the momentum. My first experience of this was last November, during NaNoWriMo where the aim is to write 50,000 words in a month. To achieve this you…
X is for X-Ray Music (song with lyrics)
This song was inspired by a BBC documentary I watched a few years ago called ‘How The Beatles Rocked The Kremlin‘. It told the story of how, despite being banned from the former Soviet Union, the Fab Four’s music still managed to find it’s way…