Hello fellow writers, I hope you’re all writing away mad, as we say in Cork. I, on the other hand, am mad that I’m not writing away, having hit something of a wall with my current WIP (book 2). It was going great guns. I recently completed an excellent Curtis Brown Creative three-month novel course… Read More Getting unstuck with NaNoWriMo
I had very clear priorities this morning: I also had a lift to the workshop, courtesy of a lovely lady called Clare, which I was most thankful for because the weather has turned in the past 24 hours. Following a spectacular thunderstorm last night, today has been largely damp and muggy – ideal weather for… Read More West Cork Literary Festival: day 3
The day started pretty stressfully when I foolishly accepted the Google Maps assurance that Bantry Community College is a 40-minute walk from where I’m staying. It isn’t, certainly not for someone in my embarrassing state of fitness, puffing uphill for the last leg, toting a laptop full of hopes and dreams. So I arrived hot,… Read More West Cork Literary Festival: day 2
This week I’m in sunny Bantry-on-the-Med for the West Cork Literary Festival, and I thought I’d attempt a daily update as it’s my first venture to a lit fest as a writer, not to mention my first time attending this particular one. My posts will be brief and probably incoherent because I’m exhausted. You have… Read More West Cork Literary Festival: day 1
It’s been a bit of a mad week, and I have to keep asking people what day it is because I don’t know whether I’m coming or going. As a result, there are just two items on the agenda for the regular round-up of writing-related articles. Both popped up on my Twitter feed, but I lost… Read More The weekly herding: better late than never
Word herding 