Writing in the wee sma’s

Rather too much of my writing is happening after midnight at the moment. But as I’m not getting a lot of time to write in general, better now than not. Equally, better something productive and hopefully sleep inducing. I’m not planning to write put myself to sleep – or you, gentle reader, for that matter …

Removing the fourth wall (or talking directly about the writing)

In the theatre, they talk about the fourth wall – the side of the ‘box’ where the audience sits. To remove the fourth wall is to acknowledge the audience, to talk to them directly, as well as to perform the story. That’s where I’m at right now. I wasn’t particularly planing to. But it’s the …

Evening spread out against the sky

I kneel down to hang the washing up. It’s a change in routine. Gone are the days of hanging washing over the bannisters – now it’s a couple of free-standing clothes dryers, near the windows at the front. Not the stuff of excitement. (Not yet. Keep going.) I don’t do loads of kneeling down, I …