Ever since I can remember, writing and reading have been my happy places. They are where I go when, if you'll excuse the vernacular, Shit Gets Too Real in real life. Now, before everyone gets out their tiny violins, can I just make clear that, actually, for most of the time, my life is exactly… Continue reading Welcome to my happy place…
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Bookends and Cold Turkey
So this week is half term week, and I'm supposed to be stepping away from the computer, remembering I have a family and spending some time with The Husband and The Sprogs. As you can see, that's going well! I'm generally not very good at Cold Turkey, whether that's biscuits, booze or books... In all… Continue reading Bookends and Cold Turkey
On the eve of a new year…and a new book.
2017 was a rollercoaster year, in positive and negative ways. If the universe has a balance, then I would say that the scales were tipped mostly in my favour this year, but there were enough moments of darkness to remind me that all pleasure should be enjoyed in the moment and not taken for granted.… Continue reading On the eve of a new year…and a new book.
Prose and Process…
Since I finished looking over the copy edit of book 2, I've started to get really stuck in to writing book 3 of the Little Somerby series. As usual, this has led to much thought about what my 'process' is when I'm writing, so I thought I'd try to document some of that here, for… Continue reading Prose and Process…
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