Category: Blog
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19th December 2013
An interview with Jenny Alexander One of the great things about writing in the 21st century is the chance it gives we writers to interact with other writers. Writing can be a fairly solitary experience, and social networking has really opened this out, allowing writers to seek advice from, and inspire, one another, and just generally witter…
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16th December 2013
Through the wardrobe Yesterday, I went to Narnia. Really. Truly. Would you like to know more? I’m sure you would. I hope you’re sitting comfortably. Many years ago, when I was a wee thing of around seven or eight and not very keen on reading, my mum would sit on the side of my…
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10th December 2013
Everything’s a draft! As I sat in the car the other day waiting to pick the kids up from school, I pondered, as I often do. This is good pondering time for me, that is, if I manage to stay awake – pondering time has often become napping time! Not that I’m knocking napping time…
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26th November 2013
A place to linger Welcome to my new webby. I love it. I liked my old one, but I like this one lots more. So, why a new website? Well, websites are very personal things aren’t they? They should reflect who we are, but also, as writers, I think they should reflect how we feel…
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23rd November 2013
Authors for the Philippines UPDATE on previous post (below): Bidding has now closed. Authors for the Philippines raised over £55,000 for the Red Cross Typhoon Haiyan appeal. Absolutely amazing and so proud to have been a part of this. Below: ‘Oliver and the Seawigs’ – one of the many books donated. Ooh, it’s been a…
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26th July 2013
Mapping out my latest novel There’s always plenty of chat in the writerly world about whether we should plot or plan, which works best, which we prefer, or whether we do a bit of both. One of the wonderful things about any creative pursuit though, is that we can do it exactly the way we want. I…
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3rd July 2013
Using Pinterest as a Writing Tool Until a couple of weeks ago Pinterest was Puninterest as far as I was concerned. Feeling swamped by social media, I have avoided it, fervently sticking to Twitter (you can follow me here) or Facebook (I have an author page here) and closing my eyes and ears to every…
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19th June 2013
Piccadilly, Puppies and a School Visit Tool Kit. Yesterday, I was in Burton on Trent at William Shrewsbury School doing school visitty stuff. My publisher, Piccadilly Press, are now part of Templar Publishing and had put together a lovely promo poster here… Abi School Event_Poster Template I love it, and it was great to see…
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29th May 2013
A Writing Routine A writing routine – three little words… it sounds so easy, doesn’t it? And sometimes it is – for a while it can be. But there’s the rub. A writing routine is not always easy to stick at unless it is your day job and you have solitude and time in which…
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16th May 2013
Through the keyhole ~ Writing Spaces About a year or so ago, I put together a post on writer’s spaces (this is mine by the way, also operating as a planning literacy sessions, eating lunch, marking, editing, watching ‘Pointless’ and ‘Grand Designs’, dreaming and painting space… oh, and napping!) The cushion really has taken on…