Category Archives: Events

Just The Ticket! A Day Out in Brum

Posted on May 13, 2024 by blogaboutwriting

Last Saturday I finally managed to make it to an RNA* Chapter meeting in Birmingham (my friend says, quite rightly, that it sounds like a Hells Angels meeting, because they have ‘chapters’, don’t they – but of course, for a … Continue reading →

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In Which I Have Been Rushing Around Like a Loonie!

Posted on May 6, 2024 by blogaboutwriting

Hellooo! So, the first draft of book #4 has gone off to the editor and I now have a couple of weeks of ‘freedom’ before it comes winging back and the work has to start again. I know, for example, … Continue reading →

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I’ve Started So I’ll Finish…

Posted on November 7, 2023 by blogaboutwriting

Since I last wrote, I’ve been out in the wilds (well, Stratford Literary Festival. Not too wild, then), meeting Clive Myrie, journalist, newsreader and presenter of Mastermind, who was there talking about his new memoir ‘Everything Is Everything.’ That title … Continue reading →

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In Which I Finally Get Away From My Desk…!

Posted on June 11, 2023 by blogaboutwriting

It’s been boiling hot here today and now it’s pouring with rain. Perhaps it’s the same with you? We managed to make a flying visit to our village ‘Open Gardens’ (before the rain came). Every year I say I’m going … Continue reading →

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All Better!

Posted on July 5, 2022 by blogaboutwriting

I am free of Covid at last (that blasted red line takes ages to disappear, though, doesn’t it?) and it feels like I’ve been released from prison! Hurrah. (Mind you, I’m not assuming I won’t get it again. I know … Continue reading →

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Cursed Covid…

Posted on June 22, 2022 by blogaboutwriting

Every cloud has a silver lining, so they say and in this case, the cloud is COVID – which has finally got me – and the silver lining is, that as I’m stuck at home and everything’s cancelled, I’ve got … Continue reading →

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Oh, Olive!

Posted on April 26, 2021 by blogaboutwriting

Just dropping by – quickly – to say hello, as I am supposed to be working, as you may remember. Aagh, not panicking at all. The weather here’s gorgeous – I hope it is with you too – and on … Continue reading →

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DISCOVERIES 2020-21 (& Making the Most of Opportunities!)

Posted on September 21, 2020 by blogaboutwriting

Four years ago, almost exactly to the day – on 19th September 2016, to be precise – I blogged about how author Jojo Moyes was offering her cottage in Suffolk for a week to an aspiring writer in need of … Continue reading →

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The Pomodoro Technique & Other Good Things

Posted on May 18, 2020 by blogaboutwriting

Have you heard of the ‘Pomodoro Technique’? I’m sure many of you have. It’s a very simple time management technique, to help reduce procrastination, which basically involves working in bursts of 25 minutes and then having a short break (and … Continue reading →

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Writing Competitions & Writing Workshops

Posted on January 28, 2020 by blogaboutwriting

Hellooo! Have you got snow? I have heard news that some places (‘North’) have snow and I am jealous! It’s been cold here today but sunny too. Absolutely not a single snowflake in sight. But, moving on… I have news … Continue reading →

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