What do I use for writing fuel? Well there are two answers, the first is what I keep myself going with... and the other is where do I find my stories. Firstly, I don't eat when I write and I only drink tea and water. Honestly, after a long writing session, I can eat solidly… Continue reading Writing Fuel
Category: Masters tales
Anything about the Masters in Creative Writing and Scriptwriting
Self-evaluation
This make a cold shiver up and down my spine. Truly I am my own worst enemy. I am lucky in the fact that a lot of people look at my work due to the dyslexia. It will get a proofread at the very least. So I am not alone with my work. If I… Continue reading Self-evaluation
To Plan or be Spontaneous
When I write - do I plan or am I spontaneous? Can I answer a bit of both? Possible not. The problem is that my ideas are spontaneous, usually from a prompt of a word, colour or even a smell. But the writing is planned. This is one of the ways that my dyslexia really… Continue reading To Plan or be Spontaneous
Aspirations
You know I had to look this word up - don't get me wrong I knew it but I just didn't 'know' exactly what it meant. So now I know that it is what I want for my future - or rather what are my dreams, even if they are unrealistic... So here are my… Continue reading Aspirations
Why I write
Well, if you look at my record you would think it is for the rejection letters and emails! I don't like them but every writer has to cope with them. The submissions I hate are the ones that don't send anything - there is just - silence. You are stuck as a writer in limbo,… Continue reading Why I write
A Challenge
I have been thinking about doing another challenge. You may have noticed that I dropped the ball on the loglines last month. This was because I was up to my eyeballs in work. But this month I really wanted to look at the reason I got into writing. And Michelle Goode has issued a challenge… Continue reading A Challenge
Quote
I don't normally share these but this one I liked and totally understand. Is it just me of do your character seem real? Most of the time as I write I don't even know how they are going to react until I've put them in the situation. And more often than not they take me… Continue reading Quote
Family and writing
I was reading the latest Myslexia and in there is an article suggesting that you have to be brave in order to write about your family. Now I thought that this would mean only autobiography and biography books, but no - they look at all books. We are taught that we must write what we… Continue reading Family and writing
Workshops and teaching
I took my first class. It was nerve racking. I mean I hadn't slept the night before and I turned up early only to find that the door was locked. Now I know that Trinity St David is the smallest university, but this had been part of the old building. It is beautiful but I… Continue reading Workshops and teaching
Two Identities
I write in two different ways and I am confused as to whether to pursue one or the other, or both. This blog is my serious side but I also write for children and am in the process of being published. I am also thinking of a series of middle grade books based in Wales.… Continue reading Two Identities
Kate Murray - Cleaver 