Tag: reading
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It’s been a bit of a month…
To be fair, that is an understatement, so most things have been put on hold. However, as focusing on the positive side of life is my mantra, I am looking forward to putting the past where it belongs and concentrating on what happens next. A simple picture of a flower I hear you say. What’s…
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Summer Love
More of a hope than a fact, but I do love summer. The birds are out and tweeting like there is no tomorrow, and my wild garden plants have finally showed some signs of life. Also, the tomato plants I collected from my parents are doing well enough to qualify as viable. Based upon that,…
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A little more on Akresha II
Interesting as the current news is (?) I do tire if it rather quickly now so the impetus to continue writing my latest story is much greater. I am more of an outside type person and enjoy walking in the hills around East Lancashire with my partner and new rescue dog, Ollie. Unfortunately some of…
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And…So we begin.

After much thinking, moaning and general gnashing of teeth, I have decided to write Akresha II. I have other work that is complete, but it doesn’t feel right to publish it at the moment. I suppose I want some completion, although it will inevitably end as a trilogy, but a trilogy does require a middle…
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Things Change again!
I will be honest and say that the last year has not been fun. Battling with an illness that strikes without warning and without reason has tested my patience to the limit and killed my career as a content writer. I am not concerned. What has happened cannot be changed and I now find myself…
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The wonders of blue cheese and why I like ducks
I do try to keep subjects diverse but strangely enough, the title subjects are more entwined than one may think. I have not added to this blog for quite some time, and the reason for this is that I have been writing more or less constantly for the last few months. Again, diverse literary subjects…
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What to do?
So…The rules for NanoWrimo are comparatively simple. Write 50,000 words in a month which works out at about 1600+ per day. The snag is that you cannot start to plan your novel (If that is what you intend to do) until a week before the competition begins, which begs the question; What do you do…


