Life · Writing

On Falling Out Of Love


I have a confession to make as a graduate of a Creative Writing course, long-time wanna-be author and general lover of words: I have fallen out of love with writing. This isn't just post-novel burn out or anything like that, it has been a slow process and something I have fought and fought but, ultimately… Continue reading On Falling Out Of Love

NaNoWriMo · Science Fiction · Writing

Waterstones’ Story Cubes Project


November was National Novel Writing Month and this year I failed completely due to an attack of the flu. However, I have been given the chance to redeem myself by taking part in the Waterstones Story Cube Bloggers NaNoWriMo Project. Starting in November, eight bloggers have been set the challenge to write a chapter of… Continue reading Waterstones’ Story Cubes Project

Just For Fun · Market Drayton Writer's Club · Poetry · Writing · Writing Workshop

I Am Tori, Defeater Of Socks.


It was Writer's Club at my local library last night and we were looking at the poem 'I am Taliesin' by the infamous and legendary bard of the same name (he was real but his story is interwoven with the magic of the Arthurian legends). It is a poem of self-pride and boastfulness and is… Continue reading I Am Tori, Defeater Of Socks.

NaNoWriMo · Writing

Camp NaNoWriMo


Back in November, I completed NaNoWriMo and was a very happy bean. Sadly though, I did not finish my novel. Faerie or No is not, it would appear, a 50,000 word novel unedited. Meaning that although I battled though and hit that word count, I never managed to complete the story I was trying to… Continue reading Camp NaNoWriMo

NaPoWriMo · Poetry · Writing

#NaPoWriMo – The Final Day


April has been a busy old month with the London Marathon, Christenings and Caius was away with work for a lot of it. Through it all I have kept up with writing a poem a day (more or less, I wrote a couple late) and one or two of them are even okay! I do… Continue reading #NaPoWriMo – The Final Day