Worry hour and the midnight muse
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There are two things that keep writers awake. One is the fear monster that rears its head in the small hours of the night, the other is the creative brain going into overdrive. Both are sleep-slayers. For both, there’s an … Read More

Leaving lockdown – what have we learnt?
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  Lockdown is lifting here in the UK (unless you’re in Leicester) – and with it comes a bewildering array of opinions on whether it’s the right thing or not. Some say we locked down too late, we’re opening up … Read More

Emerging from isolation: virtual writing workshop 6
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I had a week off work recently and was lucky enough to go up to Whitby again. Although we only stayed for a day, it felt good to breathe the sea air and walk on the sand. There were little … Read More

Unlocking lockdown: sights, sounds and smells: virtual workshop 4
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We are living in very peculiar times. Possibly the strangest times many of us have lived through collectively. They are times of mixed emotions – some good, some bad. To begin with there was fear, anxiety, and a sense of … Read More

Writing inside the box: lockdown virtual workshop 3
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For some, lockdown’s provided an opportunity to have a clear-out and I for one have started sorting out boxes etc that have been hanging around for so long I’ve forgotten what’s in them. Some of what I’ve unearthed has been … Read More

Window on the world: creative writing during lockdown
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Maggie’s Creative Writing Group: – Virtual Workshop 2 While the group I run at Maggie’s isn’t meeting, we are having virtual sessions instead, and I’m posting the exercises here for others to join in. Here’s today’s session. Exercise 1: A … Read More

Corona-angst: writing in altered times
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The world has changed since I last wrote this blog three weeks ago. It was changing then, but the change was still some distance away, creeping closer, but still far away enough for it to be about other people not … Read More