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 …
Category archives: Reading
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 …
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Write now. Write away.
Lately, not much writing. At least, not here. Elsewhere, it’s a different story. Writing goes on all the time – which is probably why I think I’m writing the same as ever, even if it’s not appearing online. Once upon a time, a friend asked what I read – and I found it hard to …
Blog hopping: A Formal Feeling
My first go at a blog hop…I hope I get it right. And what better topic to begin on than children’s books. My ongoing sorting out of the books, post-building work, means that I seem to have filled one of these, top to bottom, just with children’s books. (Plus two extra shelves added in.) So …
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 …