#fearlesswriter

The author sat at her desk, pen in hand, gazing down at thefresh blank page in front of her. Snatches of ideas were scattered through hermind. Fragments of storylines and characters but the words to connect them weremissing.She took a sip of her wine and sighed.Words and sentences and whole paragraphs used to flow sofreely from her pen…but that was before. Now, every word and sentence…

It’s hard to avoid being caught up in the statistics game when you are on a creative journey. I give my stats an occasional glance. I think in pictures so the stats map within the depths of WordPress invariably catches my attention more than the numbers. I’m flattered that anyone would spare a moment of their day to read my blog posts. Life’s busy so I am thankful to those souls who stop by my…

#meetthewriter Day 11/15- ODE An interesting thought….. Writing, oh how you wring out my emotions! You inspire me to create. You torture me when words refuse to flow You fill me with joy and allow me to breathe Writing, you are pure oxygen to me. #meetthewriter Day 12/15 – IDENTITY Oh good question! There is an element of imposter syndrome lurking about with regards to this one. Right…

Day 6/15 – DOORWAY My creative journey has opened several doorways. The key doorway was the one into the story. Taking that first step to sit down and write what became the Silver Lake series took me a huge amount of self-confidence and self-discipline. I’m terrified of letting people read what I write but the dream was always to see my name on the cover of a book. Writing and then…

Some of you may remember the Meet the Writer online challenge from 2023. When I saw Beth Kempton promoting this year’s challenge, I was excited to see what topics came up. Here’s the first of 3 instalments. Day 1/15- VIEW Today is Day One of this year’s Meet The Writer event with 15 daily prompts from Beth Kempton. View…. when I’m writing indoors this is the view of my desk. Cluttered but…

Now for the final instalment in my Meet The Writer series that was first shared as part of a 15-day challenge on my author Facebook page back in July. Seems like a lifetime ago now… #MeetTheWriter Day 11/15…MOVEMENT Walking…meandering…. gives my mind space to drift off into the storyline. I often puzzle through the roadblocks of my writing as I meander after work. That daily post-work walk also…

“How many characters have you created?” … that was the question that was put to me recently. And the answer?…  I have no idea! I have heard that there are authors out there who keep strict records of all their characters. This author has scribbled notes on scraps of paper or post its stuffed into polypockets in the notebooks she has filled…. truth! I do have a nice teal leather journal where…

A new month beckons so time to share the next instalment of my Meet The Writer series. As I mentioned last month, this was first shared as a 15-day challenge on my author Facebook page back in July. The final instalment will be shared next month. #meetthewriter Day 6/15 – MUSIC…. this question made me smile. Those who know me personally already know the answer. It’s no secret that I love my…