Really, no excuse.

I know.  It’s got to the point where I’m not really continuing to blog, but starting a new one; don’t you think so?
At the moment I feel like I want to keep my work close to my chest and I’m not sure why. Maybe that’s why when I think about blogging I say meh…
So this [...]

Nice work if you can get it

I read this article and what fascinated me was not what the authors said (because I know that writing can be like any other job at times, that it can be exhausting and seem pointless…and then there are the times when it is an absolute joy), but the comments that follow.
The mocking of some of [...]

Weekend work

Just a quick note to say that apart from a spell check I’ve finally finished my draft!
Yay!
I couple of drinks tonight at the opening of Who’s Poppin I think!

18 – done and dusted

Now all I have to deal with is the tricky new Chapter 19 – which is a quarter of 18 with some new stuff (not yet imagined, but a vague outline in process) in front.
Amusing myself with set up for this chapter and other things (like January is a heavy sleeper which is why she [...]

Chapter 18

I was going to write the dreaded chapter 18, but I thought that would put too much pressure on it. It is not its fault that it is malformed. I suspect that it is at the very least a conjoined twin – one chapter tacked to the other because at the time it didn’t seem [...]

Back to work

I’m going back to work this morning after a week off (my birthday was last Monday and I decided that one day off was not enough).
Usually a week off work means a week devoted to writing, which usually means I’m exhausted by my “holiday”.
Last week I really took the week off. No writing even though [...]

Sleepless nights

Last night I felt like a writer again.
Since I’ve been thinking about what success to me is, the less I’ve felt like writing. I’ve been far more interested in sewing, or painting, or watching crap television. In short – I want a holiday!
But I’ve also been that special sort of grumpy that I get when [...]

She works hard for no money

Happy new Year everyone!
I had a lovely time not doing anything for a couple of weeks except for napping and eating. I eased back into the writing thing with a rewrite of the voice over for my short film.
This week I’m reading my third draft of my novel to see if it is ready for [...]

Britney, Christina and Paris

A.K.A
Ho! Ho! Ho!
Just a quick post to wish you all a Merry Christmas!
I’m taking a few days off from writing (I started in earnest this week…)so I’m not sure when I’ll post again.
See you all in the New Year.

Nice work if you can get it

“You’re so lucky,” she said “To be able to write.”
I said that luck has nothing to do with it; that writing is just plain hard work.
Sure, sometimes there are lucky breaks – like when a producer asks to see the features you’ve written. But without the hard work that went into writing those scripts in [...]