I'm not sure which is more satisfying: a day where you work on things exactly as you planned, or a day where you find unexpected projects taking up your time. Of the two, yesterday felt pretty much like the former: a decent chunk of time on "C" (though not sure the quality was quite there); … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 11th April →

In spite of a pretty productive day yesterday, it proved to be a tough one mentally. There were lots of positives: a Crash read-through and work on its sequel; drafting "C"; planning work on a possible companion project; various other bits-and-pieces including prep for tomorrow's Stanza meeting; deciding TikTok isn't for me (regardless of BookTok). … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 10th April →

100th consecutive day of posting!! Thank you if you're dipping into my 2023 writing diary. So what was yesterday like? Well, a fair chunk of time spent on drafting "C", which has now made it beyond 30k words. This, I find, is the difficult time; the time when fatigue sets in and belief is challenged; … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 9th April →

A real 'bits and pieces' kind of day yesterday, tinkering with a variety of things rather than any solid chunks of work: working on the cover for the pamphlet version of Crash; a couple of haiku; some prep for Contextual: 17 and next week's Derby Stanza; drafting ides for something to work on alongside "C". … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 8th April →

Great to be firing on all cylinders again yesterday! In addition to some work on "C" and a partial read-through of Crash, the highlight of the day was the Open Mic in the evening organised by 'Write-on Ripon'. It was unusual being in the Curzon Cinema basement and not being there to rehearse Crash. As … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 7th April →

After drawing a blank yesterday - a day with lots of driving and no time to do anything much other than try and pin down Contextual: 17 readers - today will be a different kettle of fish... In addition to picking up the threads of "C" (which now stands at over 27k words drafted), given … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 6th April →

As expected, no work at all yesterday - and none expected today either. Undoubtedly there will be experiences during both days which will make it into some kind of writing in the future. Isn't there always?! One thing of note though, a limited number of tickets are available for my performance of Crash in June. … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 5th April →

I surprised myself yesterday by being able to record three reasonable periods of activity: an unplanned read-through of Crash; about an hour working on "C"; and then the evening's North Yorkshire Stanza. In terms of the latter, another evening of interesting variety, eight poets plugging away at trying to be the best they can - … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 4th April →

In managing to fit in another read-through of Crash yesterday I found I learned another lesson - as I seem to each time I rehearse. Because of the number of people in the house, I had to practice in a different room and speak at a slightly lower volume. It was the latter which was … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 3rd April →

The only significant activity yesterday was - not surprisingly - more work on "C". And interestingly, one of the most productive periods of the day was, once again, the time immediately after dinner. I've always assumed I was done creatively by that point, especially as I'm an early morning person; but maybe I can be … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 2nd April →