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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
‘Meeting the Parents’ is a 50-word story. This story was written for the NineVoices’ 2016 50-word Halloween competition. For the competition, I had to write a 50-word story inspired by a photo of gravestones at Whitby Abbey. For a while, I was stuck for a story idea. I…
It’s November 1st, and that can only mean one thing – it’s finally time for NaNoEdMo (or NaNoWriMo for those writing a novel this month). I can’t believe how quickly November has come round. It doesn’t seem that long ago that I was deciding whether to take part…
Having noticed that I haven’t edited my novel since July, I have decided to again take part in NaNoEdMo (National Novel Editing Month). Originally, I wanted to take part in NaNoWriMo, but with focusing on my World War Two stories for my writing group WW2 anthology, editing and…
On Saturday 8th October my writing group took part in the West Bromwich at War event. I mentioned this event in my last post titled ‘Oldbury Writing Group Event – World War Two Anthology Reading’. For the event, we read out a selection of short stories and poems…
Lately, I have struggled with a lack of motivation, not just in my writing, but also with everything. I think it’s because I feel overwhelmed by everything that I need to do. I don’t help myself. I keep adding work onto my to-do list when I should focus…