Time to celebrate my… 500 blog posts does seems a lot, but the thing is, I used to blog on blogger (my first post was 15 October 2008) – I closed it when I created this little corner of cyberspace (24 March 2017). If I include those posts I am at 1013. What is interesting…
Writing
Writing Retreat Cruise #3
Continuing my report of my writing retreat cruise (read #1 here). Obviously the purpose of the cruise was to write. We’d wanted to do a retreat where none of us had to spend a lot of time shopping, cooking, cleaning… you know how it goes. We worked out a cruise was the best option. Everything…
Permission to make mistakes
Sometimes I need to be reminded it’s okay not to get it right the first go. This has been one of those weeks. I’m naturally a perfectionist, so it can be a bit of a battle to accept things don’t always have to be perfect. I have a quote stuck to my desk – I’ve…
Never let rejection get you down
A successful Scottish author has just had a book he wrote 15 years ago – which was rejected – published. The book, Lockdown, is based in a pandemic-impacted London which, along with the rest of the globe, is in lockdown. Just like the world is today. Except back then the publishers laughed and said in…
Writing Retreat Cruise #2
Continuing my report of my writing retreat cruise (read #1 here). As I said last time, there were two highlights from my day in Perth. After lunch we went to an Escape Room. I’ve always wanted to do one of these (I do write mysteries after all) so I was very excited. Our mission was:…