State of the Writer: Early bird…

A short one this week as I’ve been away seeing family for the weekend. This week went much better on the writing front. The main change I’ve made is getting up a shade earlier again to give me enough time to write a few more words and not feel like...

State of the writer: Frustrated

You have good weeks and bad weeks. That’s just the way it goes sometimes. Last week was a bad week. My schedule got messed up, I wound up writing at awkward times of the day and with large gaps between sessions and I didn’t get as much done as I would have...

Music to write to

These days I tend to mix up my writing habits in order to prevent myself becoming too dependent on a single setting to write. I don’t ever really want to be one of those writers who can only compose when the wind is blowing south westerly, listening to...

State of the writer: Need to push it…

I appear to have inhaled January. Most careless. I’m trying to review my progress with a bit more care and attention than I did last year to avoid feeling like large chunks of the year have just slid away like wet cake. When you have lots on – day job,...

SFX Weekender 3

I spent last weekend in North Wales at the SFX Weekender. This is the obligatory round up post. 🙂 On the whole I prefer smaller events, as they offer more opportunity to chat with old friends and meet some new people. SFX may have changed my mind offering as it does a...