The Novella Challenge

The Novella Challenge

I’m writing a novella. Well, not right now, but I will once I finish the planning stages. If you’ve seen my writing goals, you will know that one of my goals is to turn a short story into a novella. Why a novella? Well, there are two reasons…

My Female Horror Authors Reading List

My Female Horror Authors Reading List

It’s February, and that means it’s Women in Horror Month. The Women in Horror Month is a month dedicated to female horror writers. While writing this month’s Horror Tree post – which will be on the website later in the month – I realised that even though I…

January 2017 Writing Goals Review

January 2017 Writing Goals Review

Wow, I can’t believe it’s February already. It doesn’t seem that long ago that I was writing my January writing goals. Well, with January finished, I thought it would be a good idea to review my progress. I feel this will help me to keep on track with…

Wow! I’m Taking Part in a Literature Festival

Wow! I’m Taking Part in a Literature Festival

On Saturday 28th January 2017 I (and the Oldbury Writing Group) will be taking part in the Wolverhampton Literature Festival. For the festival, we will be working with Ian Henery – who is the Walsall Poet Laureate, Black Country Bugle Ambassador, and Walsall Poetry Society Ambassador – on…

Dudley Library’s Writers Networking Morning

Dudley Library’s Writers Networking Morning

On the 26th November 2016 (Yes, this post should have been written ages ago lol), I went to the Dudley Library’s Writers Networking Morning with the Oldbury Writing Group. For the event, there was a panel of four speakers: Nell Dixon, Gemma Todd, Elizabeth Hanbury, and Brenda Read-Brown.…

My 2017 Writing Goals

My 2017 Writing Goals

Wow, I can’t believe 2017 is here already. It feels like I blinked and 2016 disappeared. In my previous post I mentioned how 2016 didn’t go as well as I had hoped, but for 2017 I am determined to do better. I have so many projects that I…

Reflection 2016 – My Writing Year

Reflection 2016 – My Writing Year

Wow, I cannot believe that 2016 is nearly over already. It doesn’t seem that long ago that I was preparing for the start of 2016. I had many goals for 2016: I wanted to have a submission ready novel, I wanted to start writing my next novel, I…

The End of NaNoEdMo 2016

The End of NaNoEdMo 2016

Wow, November is over already. It feels like I blinked and the month was finished. So with the end of November, it also means that it’s the end of NaNoEdMo (and NaNoWriMo). I would like to say that I’m celebrating reaching my goal (completing the third draft of…