November’s a longish, coldish month. Today, while doing my weekly food shopping, I noticed a Christmas Tree in the square outside the shopping centre, and plenty of Christmas decorations inside the shop. I didn’t buy anything, not yet, but it reminded me about the family reunions ahead. This year I’m looking forward to having allContinue reading “#SixWordSaturday Getting Ready for #Christmas Family Reunions”
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#FlashFiction ‘When I grow up’ @NorahColvin @Charli_Mills #amhealing #WWWBlogs
Healing Lilly “How was your day, Lilly?” Tears spilled. “Tell me about it.” “No-one wants to play with me and they call me names.” “So, what are you doing about it?” “Crying, mostly. Sometimes hiding. I don’t want to go to school.” “Lil, listen to me. You’ll get good marks, make wonderful friends, be aContinue reading “#FlashFiction ‘When I grow up’ @NorahColvin @Charli_Mills #amhealing #WWWBlogs”
#IWSG Reworking Old Stories @TheIWSG #amwriting #WWWBlogs
This post was written in response to the Insecure Writer’s Support Group monthly (first Wednesday of every month) blog hop to where writers express thoughts, doubts and concerns about our profession. Let’s rock the neurotic writing world! Our Twitter handle is @TheIWSG and hashtag is #IWSG Every month there’s an optional question to discuss. March 1Continue reading “#IWSG Reworking Old Stories @TheIWSG #amwriting #WWWBlogs”
2 Days to Launch Midsummer at Eyre Hall. My Genre: What is a #Victorian #Gothic #Romance?
I’m relieved, overjoyed and excited to tell you that The Eyre Hall Trilogy is complete. There are two days to go to the launch of Book 3, Midsummer at Eyre Hall, on the 21st of June, and I’m aiming to write a post a day about my writing process to celebrate my achievement. Day twoContinue reading “2 Days to Launch Midsummer at Eyre Hall. My Genre: What is a #Victorian #Gothic #Romance?”
3 Days to Launch Midsummer at Eyre Hall. My Writing Process: Intertextuality
I’m relieved, overjoyed and excited to tell you that The Eyre Hall Trilogy is complete. There are three days to go to the launch of Book 3, Midsummer at Eyre Hall, on the 21st of June, and I’m aiming to write a post a day about my writing process to celebrate my achievement. Day threeContinue reading “3 Days to Launch Midsummer at Eyre Hall. My Writing Process: Intertextuality”
4 Days to Launch Midsummer at Eyre Hall. Writing Stage Three: Plotting
I’m relieved, overjoyed and excited to tell you that The Eyre Hall Trilogy is complete. There are four days to go to the launch of Book 3, Midsummer at Eyre Hall, on the 21st of June, and I’m aiming to write a post a day about my writing process to celebrate my achievement. Day fourContinue reading “4 Days to Launch Midsummer at Eyre Hall. Writing Stage Three: Plotting”
5 Days to Launch Midsummer at Eyre Hall. Writing Stage Two: From Pen to Keyboard
I’m relieved, overjoyed and excited to tell you that The Eyre Hall Trilogy is complete. There are five days to go to the launch of Book 3, Midsummer at Eyre Hall, on the 21st of June, and I’m aiming to write a post a day about my writing process to celebrate my achievement. Day fiveContinue reading “5 Days to Launch Midsummer at Eyre Hall. Writing Stage Two: From Pen to Keyboard”
6 Days to Launch Midsummer at Eyre Hall. Writing Stage One: Visualisation
I’m relieved, overjoyed and excited to tell you that The Eyre Hall Trilogy is complete. There are six days to go to the launch of Book 3, Midsummer at Eyre Hall, on the 21st of June, and I’m aiming to write a post a day about my writing process to celebrate my achievement. I’m aContinue reading “6 Days to Launch Midsummer at Eyre Hall. Writing Stage One: Visualisation”
7 Days to Launch Midsummer at Eyre Hall: On planning and pantsing
Many things have been happening during these bloggingly silent months, and I have an important announcement to make. I’m relieved, overjoyed and excited to tell you that The Eyre Hall Trilogy is complete. There are seven days to go to the launch of Book 3, Midsummer at Eyre Hall, on the 21st of June, andContinue reading “7 Days to Launch Midsummer at Eyre Hall: On planning and pantsing”
#IWSG Writing Book Three in a Trilogy
This post was written in response to The Insecure Writers Support Group, which posts every first Wednesday of every month. Today I’m feeling especially insecure and apologetic, as a blogger and as a writer. I can’t believe it’s been almost two months since I last blogged. I definitely need to explain myself. Apart from workContinue reading “#IWSG Writing Book Three in a Trilogy”
Rereading Jane Eyre 