I'm not sure if I have had a best day ever. I've been thinking about this post and I don't remember a day that has filled me with complete happiness. Or rather, I can't remember a day since I was a child. That Christmas present that you have wanted for a good six months and… Continue reading Best day ever
Category: Masters tales
Anything about the Masters in Creative Writing and Scriptwriting
Creating a world
I am writing a piece as part of the Dark Crystal Author Quest. So at the moment I am immersed in the Froud's world of Gelflings, Skeksis, urRu and Landstriders. The Author Quest is looking for a writer of a prequel and the person who wins gets a publishing contract and a fair amount of… Continue reading Creating a world
You’re a mean one, Mr Grinch
This post has come about from the daily prompt but they have asked for a post about personalities... But the title from the Grinch got me thinking about picture books. Particularly as I'm putting one together myself at the moment. 'How the Grinch stole christmas' by Dr Seuss is a picture book that has been… Continue reading You’re a mean one, Mr Grinch
Building a profile on the web
I saw this on Salted - the blog for Salt Publishing and thought I'd share. Go and have a look! This is part of the blog post which I have pasted in. Please follow the link above for the full article. 🙂 ‘Discoverability’: an introduction What makes up the profile of a successful writer online?… Continue reading Building a profile on the web
Santa’s Story
I have been missing lately and it is all down to Santa. You see, I am one of the committee that runs Tregaron Christmas Fair and this year it was an intense couple of days. This year was different though. Normally I would have a soft toy stall, but with the business closing I decided… Continue reading Santa’s Story
Tattoos
I have two tattoos. One on my arm and the other on my leg. One is on my right side and the other is on the left. I feel... balanced. But the other day I was writing about a character, a particularly sexy man and I finished the story but something was missing. What made… Continue reading Tattoos
Emotional Baggage
I was writing a story the other day and realised that I needed to put a huge amount of emotion in. I needed to build tension and make the reader feel my characters fear... But how do you write fear? There are the physical manifestations - sweaty palms, wide eyes, racing heart - but there… Continue reading Emotional Baggage
Perspectives
The Daily Prompt has asked about perspectives and how it influences our writing. It specifically asks fo one piece that makes you happy and another that makes you crazy... But perspectives themselves can be complicated. If you write a story and it doesn't exactly work then perhaps the perspective needs to be changed. Which character… Continue reading Perspectives
Support
Being a dyslexic the support I have around me is very important. I am reliant on people to correct my many mistakes and I am lost without them. Firstly there are the workers supplied by the university, they are great and understanding. They are also more than simple support workers. When you are down they… Continue reading Support
Sad but True
This is from the daily prompt and you can see what others have written here. This is from my artist days. Straight out of school I went to study for an art foundation, a basic grounding in all aspects of art. I love to draw, so that is where I went at my own choice,… Continue reading Sad but True
Kate Murray - Cleaver 