There has to be a balance. I can't always write small things for competitions but at the same time I can't always be working on longer pieces. How many competitions should I do? The problem is the feeling that I have missed an opportunity... It sits in my gut like a rock. I don't like… Continue reading Competitions vs publishing
Category: Masters tales
Anything about the Masters in Creative Writing and Scriptwriting
Truly Madly Deeply
I have just finished writing about David Bowie when another of my hero's dies. I hate this... Alan Rickman has brought us the best villains and the sopiest romantic leads. He has scared us and confounded us but through it all I believed him. As he danced in Truly Madly Deeply to when he fell… Continue reading Truly Madly Deeply
You have no power over me….
You have no power over me... That was the line that Sarah always forgot in the Labyrinth. Upon saying it the Goblin King and his world shattered, a happy ending. Except it wasn't. As the owl that was the Goblin King sat outside the window and looked into Sarah's bedroom filled with laughter and fun,… Continue reading You have no power over me….
Fermentation
I have started a new project and I managed to get the first 1000 words down today but after I found myself tired but looking at half a day of not much to do. We had my sister's kids over and I had two options; to go into the workshop and paint or to do… Continue reading Fermentation
A new trend…
I'm shocked that my writing has changed but so far this year it is evolving fast. You see at the end of last year I sent one of my children's stories off to a competition but after I had written it I found I was 1500 words over! I normally hit the word count beautifully. Now… Continue reading A new trend…
Stories and monologues
I have started working on a science fiction story for a competition. It's only about 750 words but as I was writing it I realised that it is a monologue. I mean the main character references others, in particular her husband but apart from that it is 750 words from one character. Monologues can be good.… Continue reading Stories and monologues
A new year
I don't do resolutions... Quite simply if I do them I tend to break the promises. so instead I make outlandish ones that I know I won't do but will bring a smile to a friend's face. This year they are: I am not allowed to bungee jump from any helicopters... I must not play… Continue reading A new year
Merry Christmas
It's that time again and I have eaten far too much and drunk a little as well. Today has been relaxing and simply wonderful. I had been playing around with my phone and I made a small story board. I should mention that this rum has been fermenting for the last two years... The photo… Continue reading Merry Christmas
Working on Christmas…
I'm busy working and at the moment it seems to be all about the art... The writing is sitting next to my computer and not moving. It makes me sad but right at the moment I have to get on with the art and leave the stories. It's okay though because my second best thing… Continue reading Working on Christmas…
The workshop is fixed…
Well, almost. The carpet is down (in the end the old one had to be lifted) and the place is feeling less like a cold box. Except there is no work being done... At least no writing. Instead, I am drawing pet portraits and trying to get Christmas presents sorted. This year, as with most… Continue reading The workshop is fixed…
Kate Murray - Cleaver 