The Blogging from A-Z Challenge continues today. Throughout April I’m posting about my life as a writer, including my inspirations, frustrations and celebrations. Do we ever stop learning? I don’t think so. The world we live in is the product of thousands of different cultures, each with their own rich and complex histories. There are […]
The Blogging from A-Z Challenge continues today. Throughout April I’m posting about my life as a writer, including my inspirations, frustrations and celebrations. A few of weeks ago, I decided to enter another short story competition. The theme really appealed to me and I had a promising idea for a story that might fit the […]
The Blogging from A-Z Challenge continues today. Throughout April I’m posting about my life as a writer, including my inspirations, frustrations and celebrations. Finding time to write is something I struggle with. I work full time and I’m also mum to a three year-old. So, as you can imagine, life gets pretty crazy. If I […]
The Blogging from A-Z Challenge continues today. Throughout April I’m posting about my life as a writer, including my inspirations, frustrations and celebrations. Inspiration I’m inspired by all sorts of things, such as nature, art, music and poetry. I get lots of ideas for fantasy stories from researching ancient mythology, folklore and philosophy. I also […]
The Blogging from A-Z Challenge continues today. Throughout April I’m posting about my life as a writer, including my inspirations, frustrations and celebrations. For the letter H, I’m talking about how writers need to build healthy habits into their routine. Self-care is important. That’s the message we’re hearing everywhere at the moment. But taking care […]
The Blogging from A-Z Challenge continues today. Throughout April I’m posting about my life as a writer, including my inspirations, frustrations and celebrations. For the letter G, I’m discussing literary genres and how the way in which we sort books into categories is changing. Fiction books are usually split into broad categories based on the […]
The Blogging from A-Z Challenge continues today. Throughout April I’m posting about my life as a writer, including my inspirations, frustrations and celebration. For the letter F, I’m going to talk about flash fiction—micro stories that are usually no more than 1000 words long, and sometimes even a single sentence! I got into flash fiction […]
The Blogging from A-Z Challenge continues today. Throughout April I’m posting about my life as a writer, including my inspirations, frustrations and celebrations. Energy I find that writing takes a lot of energy. Not only because I’m concentrating, but also because I end up feeling the roller-coaster of emotions that my characters go through. Emotional […]