Yep, we have been slammed by the latest storm - Imogen. This year the powers that be have decided to name all the storms... I don't know whether that makes them worse but we are definitely being put through our paces. Imogen is the ninth storm and she has thrown high winds and rain at… Continue reading Imogen came calling
Month: February 2016
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I have an account... If you are around just follow me and I'll follow back... thekatemurray Be gentle though - I'm still getting to grips with it.
Where do you work?
I have a wooden workshop. It is 20ft by 10ft and a place I love to work... Well, normally, except it is winter. It takes about an hour to warm the place up as it is one room. I haven't installed a gas heater and am reliant on a single electric radiator. Don't get me… Continue reading Where do you work?
How do you find ideas?
I see them when I'm not looking. They are in the shadows in the corner of the room, or behind the unwanted balloon in the play room. They are never there when I need them. When my body screams for a new project but all I can hear is silence or my own heartbeat. They… Continue reading How do you find ideas?
Creative brain storms
I wish at times that my ideas would come along one at a time... Nice and orderly. In a line so that as one project is finished another takes its place and I am always working, never staring at a blank page. This doesn't happen though. Instead I find myself either searching through notebooks or… Continue reading Creative brain storms
Reality and Creativity
Sometimes I find that reality can crash into me with a resounding wallop. I reel under the blow and start to question myself and my motives. Technically the business is only just over a year old. And most of the time I am breaking even. But every now and then I find that I flounder… Continue reading Reality and Creativity
9-5…
I work from home, or rather a large purpose built studio shed in the back garden. I love the place I work and I love what I do but I can't work to a 9-5 schedule. I have tried... But I can't do it. My eyes are a little damaged and they have problems working for… Continue reading 9-5…
Dialogue vs internal musing
I have a character on a boat... She has been alone for about 15k words but suddenly she has company. True the character that she is with could be mortally wounded (I haven't decided yet), but the fact she is now talking to him means the dynamic of the story has started to change. Up… Continue reading Dialogue vs internal musing
Sickness and imagination
It's odd... I mean I have been ill for the last week. A nasty norovirus that has left me feeling bad and facing the prospect that it hasn't finished with me yet. I hope it has, but I'm not certain. That brings me to the imagination bit. You see I have been a little out… Continue reading Sickness and imagination
Kate Murray - Cleaver 