A good day yesterday which focussed on two main topics: the first was a little light editing of "C", and the second was working on some more detailed ideas around what might follow later in the summer once we have moved. Interestingly I didn't write any more to the short story I started on spec … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 12th May
Category: Fiction
Some thoughts about September…
Here is an insight into the sorts of entry I make in my notebooks when considering my writing portfolio. The notes below were made on retreat today - after a short walk in the rain! I need sufficient projects to keep me busy for at least three hours a day. The projects need to have … Continue reading Some thoughts about September…
Yesterday & Today: 11th May
There is only one thing to focus on from the retreat yesterday: my performance of Crash in the evening to seven souls who didn't know what they were letting themselves in for! And it went really well. I was nervous at the beginning - which showed - but I think I got into my stride … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 11th May
Yesterday & Today: 10th May
In many respects my first day on retreat yesterday was a little bit of a rollercoaster. It started well enough with some work on "C", but then when I was out on a walk between coffee and lunch I was hit by a massive shock wave of Imposter Syndrome: what the hell was I doing … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 10th May
Yesterday & Today: 9th May
So this week it's all about the retreat. Yesterday I arrived at three p.m. and following intros and housekeeping (and coffee and cake!) managed a little writing - on "C" - before dinner. Important to get off to a good start! The next few days will be work punctuated by food and short walks into … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 9th May
Yesterday & Today: 8th May
Yesterday was something of a modest smorgasbord of activity: a Crash read-through, a very small amount of work on "C", some NC:5 and Contextual admin, and - most notably - getting the ball rolling for a virtual book launch on 22nd May. A number of people have already requested links for the Zoom launch event, … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 8th May
Virtual book launch!
On Monday 22nd May we are having an on-line launch of my most recent books with a short reading from each of them: - Once Significant Others ~ a novel from which I will read the opening few paragraphs - Tilt ~ a novel from which I will also read a short extract - An Irregular Piece of Sky ~ a … Continue reading Virtual book launch!
Yesterday & Today: 7th May
It was, of course, hard to avoid the Coronation yesterday , but I'm guessing it only stole about half an hour of my time! It was a little bit of a mixed day with some further work on "C", a 'sofa read' of Crash, and then mainly minor admin activity around New Contexts: 5, Contextual: … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 7th May
Yesterday & Today: 6th May
A quiet day yesterday with most activity spent on "C", posting on this website, some minor tings here and there. Nothing to write home about. 'Life' and 'sorting stuff out' took a chunk of the day. None of my time was spent worrying about 'the Coronation', and I need to report that it will absorb … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 6th May
Yesterday & Today: 5th May
So, for the second day on the spin, I read through Crash twice yesterday. It is interesting - though perhaps not surprising - how much more fluent a second reading is if within a few hours of a first. Once I'm back from my retreat I think I'll try and fit in as many twice-a-day … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 5th May