Really enjoying the journey through this list - what's yours?
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/britains-favourite-childrens-books/articles/all/100-best-childrens-books
Sunday 27 December 2015
Monday 21 December 2015
Writers at Coney - writing internationally
This is a great end to the writing year for our writing group - Writers @ Coney. A number of our stories are published today! The stories are based on extracts from late 19th century editions of 'The Down Recorder' and feature in the January/February 2016 edition of Celtic Life - on sale today!
http://www.celticlifeintl.com/february-2016-2/
When can you call yourself a writer?
Interesting article
As the party season gets into full swing, and we're meeting new people and talking about what we do, here's some good advice:
http://thewritelife.com/call-yourself-a-writer/
As the party season gets into full swing, and we're meeting new people and talking about what we do, here's some good advice:
http://thewritelife.com/call-yourself-a-writer/
Wednesday 16 December 2015
Revised link to Issue 1 The Launchpad
http://issuu.com/thelaunchpadlitmag/docs/launchpad_issue_1_final_ed_3
the other link didn't seem to be working anymore - revised link above
the other link didn't seem to be working anymore - revised link above
Sunday 13 December 2015
Buy a copy of The Launchpad
This link will take you to the site where you can purchase the first issue of The Launchpad
http://www.peecho.com/sps/13297424530800/172784-Launchpad%20issue%201%20final%20ed%203
http://www.peecho.com/sps/13297424530800/172784-Launchpad%20issue%201%20final%20ed%203
Saturday 12 December 2015
What an exciting day this is turning out to be...
This morning I heard that one of my stories is now in print!
http://issuu.com/thelaunchpadlitmag/docs/launchpad_issue_1_final__ed_3
And this afternoon I learned that a project our writing group has been involved in will be published very soon!
On days like these I love being a writer :-)
http://issuu.com/thelaunchpadlitmag/docs/launchpad_issue_1_final__ed_3
And this afternoon I learned that a project our writing group has been involved in will be published very soon!
On days like these I love being a writer :-)
Wednesday 18 November 2015
Storytelling
Great wee night tonight listening to true stories at TenX9. Quite a discovery
http://www.tenx9.com
http://www.tenx9.com
Friday 13 November 2015
Happy RLS day
Happy Robert Louis Stevenson Day! (and happy birthday to my wee big brother!)
http://www.cityofliterature.com/rlsday-2015/events/
What a wonderful way to celebrate a wonderful writer. To celebrate and remember him, some of his best quotes:
“I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson, Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson
“Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson
One my aunt wrote in the autograph book I had as a child -
“A friend is a gift you give yourself.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson
“You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson
“Wine is bottled poetry.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson
“The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson
“Everyone, at some time or another, sits down to a banquet of consequences. ”
― Robert Louis Stevenson
Fantastic!
http://www.cityofliterature.com/rlsday-2015/events/
What a wonderful way to celebrate a wonderful writer. To celebrate and remember him, some of his best quotes:
“I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson, Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson
“Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson
One my aunt wrote in the autograph book I had as a child -
“A friend is a gift you give yourself.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson
“You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson
“Wine is bottled poetry.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson
“The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson
“Everyone, at some time or another, sits down to a banquet of consequences. ”
― Robert Louis Stevenson
Fantastic!
Thursday 12 November 2015
NaNovWriMo challenge
I'm having fun stepping up to this year's NaNovWriMo challenge. We're almost half way through the month and I'm picking up some work I started a few years ago. I'm trying to write something every night, though its all too easy to get distracted, like now, updating my blog!
So, its just a short update, so I can get back to my novel....
It's so exciting, writing and letting the novel take you the direction it wants to go. It takes on a life of its own. Who knows where it will end up?
Watch this space....
So, its just a short update, so I can get back to my novel....
It's so exciting, writing and letting the novel take you the direction it wants to go. It takes on a life of its own. Who knows where it will end up?
Watch this space....
Wednesday 16 September 2015
Sunday 6 September 2015
Back at Coney
Good to be back down at Coney Island again yesterday.
After our writing retreat a few weeks ago it was good to get back again. With wall to wall sunshine for two days, fabulous food and drink, great company, fun times and inspiration from each other we have all made significant progress in the writing we were working on.
And with potential interest in some of our work from a publisher we're feeling energised, revitalised, excited and raring to go! Now to get back to the writing......
After our writing retreat a few weeks ago it was good to get back again. With wall to wall sunshine for two days, fabulous food and drink, great company, fun times and inspiration from each other we have all made significant progress in the writing we were working on.
And with potential interest in some of our work from a publisher we're feeling energised, revitalised, excited and raring to go! Now to get back to the writing......
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