Well yesterday as a bit of a manic day, even if my slot in the Library was typically quiet (which allowed me to type up a fair chunk of the Tilt edits). The Write-on Ripon workshop and the Stanza group meeting that followed later in the day were far from quiet! The workshop - where … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 11th January →

Yesterday turned out to be a productive day. Not only did I publish a new episode to my podcast, but I also drafted a new workshop for the next retreat at which I will be mentoring. The podcast episode is a story - "Ursula" - which is a first person monologue of sorts. As a … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 10th January →

A 'bits-and-pieces' kind of day yesterday, dipping into a variety of things. Lots of morsels of progress therefore, the largest portion of which came in beginning to think about characters in the "C" fiction project. It was also a good news / bad news kind of day too - and all from that large 'waiting … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 9th January →

Very occasionally something happens which makes all the hard work worthwhile - and yesterday I had one of those moments. A US reader of my novel, At Maunston Quay, wrote this: "My new year started with reading Ian’s novel, At Maunston Quay, and it was perfect. I had forgotten that for the last two years … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 8th January →

As it turned out yesterday was far more productive than I had imagined it would be. Primarily this was down to a couple of impromptu sessions working on the background for my new fiction idea - and believe me, there's an awful lot of background to be prepared! In this particular instance - if it … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 7th January →

I did manage to put in a little more effort yesterday - which was great. And having spent some more time thinking about my next fiction project, I had a really interesting idea which may well develop into something. I find myself increasingly frustrated by the 'trivial' in contemporary writing - including my own. Perhaps … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 6th January →

As planned, yesterday I was able to publish a new episode to my Walkingthrufire podcast. This time it was a short story called "Smoking in the Park" which is included in my new collection, An Irregular Piece of Sky, to be published later this year - one way or another! I learned two things from … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 5th January →