Scary Writing by Ellen Renner
Happy Halloween! Let’s celebrate this most frightening of festivals by talking about the scariest thing writers face in their day-to-day working lives. Not rejection letters from publishers, or fierce...
View ArticleHiding & Hoping by Eloise Williams
This is a blog in two parts. Part One – Hiding Sometimes, particularly when the evenings are getting dark and the politics of the world are getting darker, I have to find a place to hide. I don’t mean...
View ArticleRollercoaster or Merry Go Round? Which would you choose?
Last week I had a different sort of week. I didn’t do any of my normal duties or routines. I didn’t go into the school where I work supporting readers each week, I didn’t cook everyone’s tea back at...
View ArticleOvercoming Obstacles by E.R. Murray
When you’re creating, things don’t always go according to plan. You can have a great idea that doesn’t work once you flesh it out, a wonderful first draft that won’t develop, or even a story that’s...
View ArticleTime and Tomatoes by Ruth Fitzgerald
I have exactly 30 minutes to write this. Starting now! I have been talking to my Creative Writing students this week about time management. Time management is one of those things writers seem to...
View ArticleI love everything! says Kelly McKain
Hi everyone! I’m feeling very, very appreciative at the moment! Well, I always try to focus on the great things in my life and our beautiful world, as you know, but right now I’m so full of gratitude I...
View ArticleCountdown to Launch
My book, The Awkward Autumn of Lily McLean was published two days ago, which feels both exciting and nerve wracking. The book launch is on the 29th of March in Waterstone’s Braehead and my nerves...
View ArticleChoose Kindness by Sarah Webb
My daughter is thirteen. Last week she came home from school upset because her group of close friends were having a party and hadn’t invited her and one other girl. They had lied about what they were...
View ArticleGoing out with a BANG! But not an explosion! by Eloise Williams
It’s my last post on here. I’ve had an absolute blast chatting to you all every month and I’ll miss it… but I’m so glad to have had the chance to write for this blog in the first place. I never saw...
View ArticlePerils of the Internet
It’s my last post and I’m sorry to say goodbye. So sorry that I’ve been putting off writing it. Now it’s super late and I’m racing against the clock and just realised (at 9.30 a.m) that I didn’t press...
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