I did my first degree in Derby University, and as part of it I got to visit Majorca. Not the commercial side but the hills, mountains and beaches. I was studying art and biology, an odd mix but one that I loved. One walk we went on I remember the heat being overwhelming. I mean… Continue reading Float
Category: Masters tales
Anything about the Masters in Creative Writing and Scriptwriting
Tempted
I have just been contacted on Facebook by someone wanted to learn to draw... I'm tempted... I mean I would have to get the log burner into the workshop... I don't mind working in a slightly cold workshop, but if I was bringing anyone in they would have to be proper heat. The workshop is… Continue reading Tempted
Crossing
I once had a friend in university. The first I went to, so this would have been Derby. I lived on the top floor and pretty much was scared out of my wits. I mean I had never been away from home and there I was in a flat surrounded by strangers, sharing a bathroom… Continue reading Crossing
Gone
I am writing about the Gone... It is the name of my series of books. Yes, it is a zombie-type horror but it is also about humour, friendship and love. I question who the monsters are. Are they the mindless creatures that wonder the world, locked in never-ending hunger or are they the people out… Continue reading Gone
Interior
My workshop has been a mess. I mean an unworkable nightmare... It is long and narrow, about 9 feet by 19 feet. In truth it was made to take sewing machines back when I ran a soft toy manufacturing business. It was never meant to become a writing and art workshop, but that is exactly… Continue reading Interior
Year
Oh man, I shouldn't be writing... I'm two whiskey's in and waiting for a top up. My New Years is never on New Years Eve but is everything to do with New Years Day. That is when family turn up and I get to have a tipple or two. This is the day that puts… Continue reading Year
Day 1 – 2017
I wondered about writing a post a day... But I know that I will be hard put to keep it up. Life gets in the way something rotten. I also get caught up in all sorts of things. But I will see what I can do. You never know I might be able to... But… Continue reading Day 1 – 2017
Hopeful
It's the last day of 2016 and it has been one of highs and lows. I have been so happy that I felt like I could float and at the same time I have been so down and fearful that the world has almost crushed me. It has been a year of extremes. I guess… Continue reading Hopeful
Mope
I try not to. I hate to mope. But I am a perfectionist. And the result is that I can do a drawing and then mope about it for ages because I think it isn't good enough. It happens with the writing as well. I have over 50 unfinished blogs because I thought they weren't… Continue reading Mope
Bounty
It has just turned into Christmas Day here, and at last I am relaxed. The mincemeat slices are made and the Christmas presents are wrapped and finished. I have just had a glass of Baileys and have ushered in the day with a grin. Really this last month has been hell but I am finding… Continue reading Bounty
Kate Murray - Cleaver 