Great wee night tonight listening to true stories at TenX9. Quite a discovery
http://www.tenx9.com
Wednesday, 18 November 2015
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......
Thursday, 13 March 2014
An afternoon with Brian McGilloway
Very pleased that I was able to get a slot at the Creative Writing Clinic with local established writer Brian McGilloway today. It was a very productive afternoon with an encouraging, supportive author. He gave me useful feedback on my work, with suggestions for where I might make some improvements.
Feeling inspired to get stuck into this piece and move the character and the story forward :-)
Feeling inspired to get stuck into this piece and move the character and the story forward :-)
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