At last, the day has come. Having left my first novel manuscript to gel for nearly 3 weeks, I am ready to begin The Writers’ Edit: How to Edit Your Novel Course. Yesterday, I spent time with preliminaries and, after writing this initial introduction to the process I’m about to begin, I will be getting on with it. Why Do This? Perfectionism prompts me to […]
Long Time, No Posts… This summer has been a significant one for me…the first one I’ve enjoyed for many years because I have managed to lose a huge amount of weight, thus less stressed by high temperatures and sunshine. That’s NOT The Main Reason for No Posts… Ten days ago, I completed the first draft of (in my opinion) my most viable novel yet. It […]
Which Human Habits Do I Mean? There are many aspects in human behaviour that are habit-forming but I’m here to examine my own best failing! Confession: I am an habitual self-doubter and it is at an acute stage right now. We All Have to Challenge Our Own Habits… This is all quite depressing today. Huge apologies. However, my own writing struggles are being echoed all […]
What is this Gigantic Gap? It is unavoidable that I cannot always be actively writing – either my blog or my novel. Since 3rd March, I have furthered the novel significantly. It’s this website that has been neglected for over one month. But …I can’t always put into words what I’m going through until the words come to me. It’s no secret I have a […]
Today… Thursday 3rd March 2022 – is World Book Day when many school pupils will be: What…? World Book Day is a charity that: “changes lives through a love of books and shared reading. We will be celebrating World Book Day on 3 March 2022. Our mission is to promote reading for pleasure, offering every child and young person the opportunity to have a book of […]
This follows on from my previous post: FF is for Feeble Feelings – take a look to remind yourself. Since writing that piece, I’ve noticed a growing trend on social media – authors happy to admit they like nothing more that writing – it’s their happy place, it’s what they can do, it’s where they are most at home. Maybe it’s going too far to […]
Are They Always a Good Excuse? or when is an excuse a good reason? Is feeling unwell, tired, or uninspired, ever a reason not to write? No, I’d say, even though life for me is so taxing that I am not feeling like doing anything at all. But that would be an illogical response because I would suffer more anguish for not writing something. That’s […]
I hope this piece will entertain and educate my readers. And, as I am writing exactly one month after the previous post, I will say first of all, in dialogue-style: ‘I wish my readers, fellow Later Writers, A Happy and Productive 2022.’ ‘And how might that come about?’ I hear you ask. ‘Through practice, through reading, through listening, you will find your material. Through perseverance […]
In this series I alliterate a two-word title and then make myself write it. It’s a personal challenge that will get me out of a sticky patch where, while writing my novel, I’m not always coming up with the goods on my blog. Customs Are Individual Choices In our household of two older adults, me and him, we have always enjoyed staying home at Christmas […]