On the 26th May 2018, my fellow Oldbury Writing Group members (Angela, Heather, Julian, Dave and Daniel) and I visited Leasowes Park in Halesowen. The Leasowes is a Grade I listed historic landscape. The poet William Shenstone designed the park and nature reserve between 1743 and 1763. Leasowes…
Amanda Stevens is the next horror author on my female horror author reading list, and for this challenge, I read the first book in Amanda’s The Graveyard Series titled The Restorer. Amanda Stevens is an American award-winning mystery, thriller, romance and young adult author. She has written more…
So, we’re into the sixth month of the year, and that means that half of the year has nearly gone. It’s scary how quickly the months are going by, especially when I don’t seem to be getting much closer to achieving my 2018 writing goals. While May didn’t…
You may remember that I’m currently doing a female horror author reading challenge – if you don’t know what I’m talking about, then you can read my ‘My Female Horror Authors Reading List’ post. Well, once I finished reading The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, I…
On the 14th May 2018, I went to the poetry open mic at the Britannia Inn. This was the first time I had gone to an open mic, so I was excited but a little nervous. The poetry open mic was organised by the Oldbury Writing Group founder,…
On 28th April 2018, my fellow Oldbury Writing Group members and I visited the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. This was the first time I had ever gone to the museum and art gallery, and I couldn’t wait to explore the treasures inside. The visit was originally meant…
Another month has gone, and that means I have completed all of my writing goals for April. Ha, yeah right, I wish that was the case. Instead, another month has flown by, and I’m left wondering what the hell happened. Every month I hope that I will finally…
Another month of 2018 has gone. It looks like I was right; 2018 is going as quick as 2017. And I fear that again, I will fail to achieve my goals. But I keep trying to remind myself that 2018 isn’t over yet, so I must continue to…
When I decided to write a novel, I knew a lot of hard work would be involved. However, I never expected that my novel would take so long to get it to a submission-ready level. I wrote my novel in 2015, and after a two-month break, I started…
On the 27th January 2018, my fellow Oldbury Writing Group members and I took part in the Wolverhampton Literature Festival, where we did a talk on the benefits of joining a writing group. This was the second time we had attended the festival and the second ever Wolverhampton…