This is what I feel like at the moment. There is so much happening under the surface, and nothing to see on top. Bear with me and it will all come together. I am feeling a little like a swan at the moment, serene above the water but pedaling like mad below. Picture shared from - https://www.facebook.com/fionamccourtacoustic?fref=photo
Category: Masters tales
Anything about the Masters in Creative Writing and Scriptwriting
The PhD Blues
I have decided in the next year or two to start a PhD. I mean, I am only stopped by the fact I need funding... But, and this is something I have got to come to terms with, me and postgraduate proposals do not go hand in hand. When I was studying in England I… Continue reading The PhD Blues
The long walk
Okay, it wasn't a long walk. just about 10 steps to the podium. And I had friends there to cheer me on. Including David Towsey, who is a brilliant author of the Sci Fi Zombie Western (no really), 'Your Brother's Blood', and Katherine Stansfield, writer of 'The Visitor', a book of sea ghosts. So, I… Continue reading The long walk
Out of my comfort zone…
So today I am doing something that is so completely stressful that I am a nervous wreck. At the moment I look like this: Why? You ask. Well, I am off to do a Chinwag or open mike night at Aberystwyth Arts Centre. And I'm bricking it. Don't get me wrong - I have read… Continue reading Out of my comfort zone…
Doors and oportunities
I talk a lot to other entrepreneurs. Yes, I know I am a writer and artist but that makes me an entrepreneur. I am self-employed so I have a business. It is odd but I know that most people don't see you as a business person if you are a writer. Instead, you are a… Continue reading Doors and oportunities
A Tale of Two Fictions
If I was able to split my time it would be to write two things at once. And, yes, I know that the daily prompt has asked to split myself between two places, but I want to live in two worlds. Three if you count reality. My ideal would be to write the short story… Continue reading A Tale of Two Fictions
Life’s Lemons
So, lately I have been having dyslexia problems and I thought - that's it, I must have had all the bad for the moment. Nope. I spoke too soon. After a midnight coughing fit I sprained a rib. That doesn't sound too bad? Well, it might not have been but in classic 'Kate-fashion' I decided… Continue reading Life’s Lemons
Dust in the Wind
The daily prompt has asked what I want to do before I die? And my answer has to be - I don't know. Six months ago I'd never have thought I'd end up sitting at a computer and writing a blog having had one book published and two deadlines for another two. Yet, here I… Continue reading Dust in the Wind
Sexy…
When I describe my characters and I want them to be sexy I tend to focus on one element. Maybe it is the line of their legs or their hair, or, in guys, it has to be their forearms and torsos. But am I using my own experiences? Well, I know that every male lead… Continue reading Sexy…
Back on the treadmill
Well, today has been one I was hoping not to do. Back in January the agent I'd sent my children's book to said they wanted to see the rest of my story. I sent it to them and assured them that they were the only agent I was contacting and then.... nothing. I sent an… Continue reading Back on the treadmill
Kate Murray - Cleaver 