I’m a little late with this post, as you can see. We only have 12 days left before November is over, and we move into December, and I’m now talking about my November goals (laughs insanely). Time has been moving a lot faster than I am able to,…
November is soon upon us, and that can only mean one thing for writers from all over the world: it’s NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) time. NaNoWriMo is where writers pledged to write at least 50,000 words of their novel in November. I first heard about NaNoWriMo in…
I can’t believe it’s already October. It feels like I blinked and September was finished. The whole year is going so fast, which isn’t good when you’re behind on your goals. However, October will be an exciting month for me, I hope. I will become a year older,…
It’s September. How did this happen? August, like the previous seven months, flew by, and I didn’t manage to complete as much as I had hoped, even with extra time. However, I did go away at the end of August, so I didn’t have the whole of August…
Four years ago today, I tentatively walked into the Oldbury Library to join a writing group. Fast forward four years and I’m still with that group. I can’t believe it’s been four years since the Oldbury Writing Group (OWG) formed. I’ve said it before, but that day I…
Oh no, it’s August! (Runs around screaming) It’s crazy how quickly July went. To be honest, it still feels like the start of July. Sadly, July didn’t go to plan. While I did well with my reading goals – I even squeezed in a Sharon Bolton short story…
Wow, June really flew by, and I can’t believe it’s July already. Now, while June didn’t go exactly to plan, I did do a lot better with my goals. I think having less to focus on does help. So, let’s see what I did in June. Writing Goal…
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…
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…
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,…