blogs
BLOG 9
When you eventually have your book published have you noticed how many people are interested in how much money you are making from your book?It is interesting to me as it illustrates a miss understand ........
BLOG 8
Hello Blog. I can’t believe it’s been three months since writing to you! But, that’s how it goes sometimes in the maelstrom of life. The life gets in the way of the ‘spirit of the pen’.At the momen ........
BLOG 7
Given that my first notions of writing came about with the need to express the ‘something to say’, the Troublesome Tom series grew out of realism. Not a ‘fairy’ set of stories this series. Not a ‘ma ........
WHAT MAKES A WRITER? BLOG 6.
To become a writer, first we become a reader.I remember with relish the Janet and John reading books in my infant school. The coloured stripes! Oh those feelings of getting to the next colour band a ........
WHAT MAKES A WRITER BLOG 5
Taking a step back, I said a story begins with that one thought and it does. However, it’s more than that isn’t it? For me it’s the love of the written word as well as the incidental spoken stories o ........
WHAT MAKES A WRITER? BLOG 3
I was reminded recently by two things about becoming a writer. One was the image of my grandaughter’s and grandson’s pumpkin carving their fantastic daddy had done for them for Halloween and the othe ........
WHAT MAKES A WRITER.
Tempus Fugit! I cannot believe it was the end of October beginning of November when I last wrote on this blog. November and December were consumed by life! A new baby arrived (my younger daughter’s ........
BLOG 11.
I’m sitting at my writing desk overlooking the beautiful gardens at the back of my home. The magnolias, I count 5, with a particularly huge one directly in front of me at the bottom of my garden. Th ........
BLOG 10
Dear Blog. Somehow I feel I should apologise to you on the grounds of neglect! It’s been so long since I wrote. A few months! Truth to tell, I’ve been rather busy with life and all that it brings, ........