Have you ever been to a business seminar? The kind where the chairs are in a circle and you have to discuss your goals? I have. Not for the writing, but for the manufacture of soft toys. At the time I had already realised that business was a strange beast and one I didn't understand.… Continue reading The business of writing
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Inside left blank for your own message
I’d snuck around school, dropping flyers into bags. I’d even left my name off. Please come to …. birthday party. I didn’t fill it in. I had no wish to. For once I wanted to have a party that everyone went to. A couple of people caught me.“What’s that?” they said.“An invitation.”“To what?”“A party.”“Whose?”I stayed… Continue reading Inside left blank for your own message
The Crossroad
I have been working on variations of this story for a while and this is the latest. I'm still not certain it is quite right. I think it skips around too much. Any comments would be appreciated. Oh, it's definitely a horror/crime - just a little warning. I might turn it into a screenplay and see if it… Continue reading The Crossroad
The endless quest to be cheerful…
Today the Huffington Post suggests that the reasons to be cheerful are as easy as one, two three... Although I smiled a lot in 2013 it was also full of tears. So far 2014 has been different. Not exactly brilliantly wonderful but not depressing either. I feel that I am waiting to find out just… Continue reading The endless quest to be cheerful…
A Quirk
This is an extract of my novel. The 'thing' is a woodland fey trying to explain his quirk. Dai is a boy from Wales who is trying to save his sister from a hag... The thing notices and frowns as if I have made some huge mistake in taking a step back, but I just… Continue reading A Quirk
The Future
I don't know what the future holds. And believe me, I've tried looking. Just a little job/money security at the moment would be great. Instead, all I see is a mist. In Harry Potter there is a mirror that lets you see your greatest hearts desire. If I had stood in front of it a… Continue reading The Future
Cold Glass
Outside Warren pushed his face against the glass. Sometimes the family inside left the curtains open, but tonight they were drawn. He wanted to see. The boy would be there. "Is he there?" A small voice asked in his ear. "Hush, they will hear," the creature said. "I can't see the curtains are pulled." "Why?… Continue reading Cold Glass
My style…
Do I have one? Well, I opened my wardrobe to see if I had a style in there other than just jeans and tops... I do. I have every coloured jumper under the sun, especially if they have a fair-isle pattern or are cabled. Most are hand knitted and most are in your face. Honestly,… Continue reading My style…
Happiness
What is happiness? I have written about it... Although I have noticed that my characters tend to have more conflict than happiness. It is just more interesting to write about something throwing your character in at the deep-end and how they get out of the situation, rather than a perfectly happy being. Personally though, I… Continue reading Happiness
Truth Hurts
Alice stepped into the cafe. She'd already been crying but she could feel the tears burn at the corners of her eyes again. It wasn't her fault. Tracy had backed her into a corner and she couldn't do it. That morning she had been dreaming of moving back into halls of residence at the university… Continue reading Truth Hurts
Kate Murray - Cleaver 