Hello. I thought I’d make sure it didn’t drift to a month since last writing. School summer holidays can do that to you, you know. Because I have been writing – but other stuff. The ecourse turned out to be brilliant – lots of food for thought, and some writing tasks within that. There’s been …
Category archives: Writing
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 …
Some days, I’m just packed
Down day. Family are off on separate excursions. I’m home, resting. That’s the plan. Except. It’s harder to rest. I’m not at home, so it should be easier – fewer ‘to dos’ that I can find. But I find some anyway – packing for going home (two and a bit days still here!), washing, catching …
Living dangerously
Call it the hot and sticky weather (unusual for Scotland). Call it the approach of 40. Call it the congruence of thoughts and various blog posts. Whatever I call it, it feels like a call, of sorts, to shake a few things up. Try some new things. Live dangerously, even – or dangerously for me. …
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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