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Posted on 12 February 2017 15:21

Really Getting Away

Last week, I took a lovely, four-day trip down to Devon, to attend a residential writing retreat at Stickwick Manor, organised by the ever-awesome Charlie from Urban Writers’ Retreat.

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Posted on 11 December 2016 18:16

I spent the whole of last week on a writing course at Moniack Mhor, near Inverness. It was aimed at science-fiction and fantasy writers, with workshops in the mornings, led by the two tutors, Juliet McKenna and Pippa Goldschmidt, and the afternoons left free for individual writing time. I always find these kind of events really useful and enjoyable, but this one also provided me with a new focus for my writing as we head into 2017.

Posted on 18 September 2016 16:37

The Benefits of Forced Focus

Writing is a tricky business. It’s the thing I most want to do with my time, and it’s the thing I least want to do with my time. This seems to be true of all the writers I know. We desperately want to create amazing things - and in fact can’t imagine life without writing - but we find it so difficult to actually sit down and get on with it.

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Positive Rejections

Rejections are an inevitable part of being a writer, at least if you have any ambition to see your work printed by anyone other than yourself. But there are different types of rejections, and some of them can have beneficial consequences.

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Weeknotes - S01E03

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I’ve been a bit all over the place this week, finding it difficult to settle to anything, and not feeling as if what I’ve been doing is particularly worthwhile. Still, recording it all for Weeknotes shows me that I am getting things done, even if it doesn’t feel like it.

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Weeknotes - S01E02

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Weirdly, I think I’m missing having a big project to work on. I’ve been doing writing-related stuff, but I haven’t felt very focused or motivated this week. Perhaps I need to pick my next novel and throw myself into it...

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The Wishing Star

In September 2016, I signed up for a project called Narrathon, in which 19 authors each wrote a chapter of a children's book, based on an outline by Steve Bowkett, one of the committee members of NAWG. I wrote Chapter Three, and the book has now been published.

You can buy it here.

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Constant Reinforcement

I got back from NAWG Fest yesterday, after two days of workshops, q&a with agents, and lots of chatting with other writers.

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Weeknotes - S01E01

Someone my husband, Dave, knows started a project called Weeknotes, whereby he puts together a summary of what he’s done at work each week and posts it online. Other people have started to do it too, and I wanted to join in. I wasn’t overly enthused about compiling Weeknotes for my day job, but I thought it might be fun to do it for my writing, so here goes...

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