Day One One of the girls in my walking group has a cottage way down west and had offered it to me on a mates-rates loan, anytime I liked. Jane knew I was trying to finish my Top Walks in West Cornwall and needed a base. I’d been keeping an eye on the weather and […]
When I decided to start getting serious about writing I realised that I would need a website and an e-mail address. I don’t like self-publicity, it seems so needy and particularly unBritish but for heaven’s sake, I have decided to go down the self-publishing route, a little bit of self-flag waving is going to have […]
Here’s a thing. I am not good at punctuation, never was, never have been. Doubt I ever will be. I remember after my first month of English A level, the new teacher took me to one side, and asked what my problem with apostrophes was. I didn’t have a problem. How could I have a problem if […]
This was a short piece of creative writing I had to do. The brief was to place your character in a heaven or hell scenario. Enjoy. Sheila sat at her table, the nylon upholstery of her chair prickled the backs of her thighs and she wondered how soon she could politely retire to bed. Her dress […]
I am now the proud owner of a new coat, much to the confusion of Steve, who thinks that I have more than enough coats already. But that’s daft, I don’t have a heavy weather coat and this is what I need. For the past few winters, I have borrowed his, to his constant annoyance […]
I have just started writing fiction. I may have something to show you in a few months, or not. At the moment, the “or not” scenario seems more likely as writing fiction is proving to be a very slippery beast. And I though non-fiction was tough. The problem seems to be somewhere in the output section […]
Oh me. I am a rotten speller, my use of punctuation is chaotic and my syntax is curious. I am an editor’s nightmare and a spell checker’s jackpot, so I thought I would upgrade from my built-in spell checker, which drives me batty, to Grammarly, thinking that it might be better for me. It’s not. Apparently, […]
Nope. Nada. Nothing. Panicking a bit, so much to do that I am now paralysed by indecision.