I was scared. No, that is an understatement. I was petrified. By the time I had seen the people I wanted to see I was about to have a full scale panic attack. I ran out of the National Museum and walked back and forth on the steps. The Museum had been closed so the… Continue reading Cardiff… and maybe a Phd…

I have not been happy. My writing has been struggling. It has nothing to do with Nanowrimo, it just wasn't working. Have you ever started a peice and it is like you are slogging through molasses? Well, the novel has been like that. And when I re-read it the prose was forced, the characters detached… Continue reading Oops… There goes Nanowrimo.

It's my birthday... Okay - that isn't the surprise... I woke this morning with a heavy feeling of being a year older. I have a problem with the big 40 and I'm now only one year away. It leaves me looking at my life and wondering where my dreams have gone. I'm not talking about… Continue reading Today’s a surprise!

I've been ill. I mean, it's coincided with there being no internet so I wasn't going to mention it, but I am now starting to get the effects of the drugs I'm on. It's my own fault. If I'd payed more attention to my body I would have been fine but instead I decided to… Continue reading Insomnia, writing and illness

Well, here I am again, sitting in a car park and using 3g... I love Wales but the patchy signal is a real problem when your broadband goes down. Hasn't that just happened? I hear you ask. The answer is yes. Two weeks ago broadband stopped working and it took a week to fix it.… Continue reading What comes around….

I have started a novel... My first novel. And it is really scary, but at the same time exciting. My characters are talking and I'm listening. So what's it about? Well, here is a super short synopsis. The story is told over one day. The secrecy and lies overlay a broken home, and ask of the… Continue reading New Beginnings…