Eureka!

I love 'eureka' moments when writing, when a sudden plot twist comes to mind that can change the whole meaning of the story that preceded it. This morning was one of those moments 🙂 #The100DayProject - Day 9...

#The100DayProject - Day 4

Day four of my #The100DayProject to get this second Solstice tale written. Had some interesting exposition ideas for this tale whilst writing today. 

#The100DayProject - Day 2

Day 2. Made decent progress on my second Solstice story this morning.  🙂 #The100DayProject  

 

#The100DayProject - Day 1

Trying to get myself into gear early this year by fashioning the next story in my Solstice novel within the next 100 days... #The100DayProject

 

Writing in the bath

Enjoying the Last of the 2020 Sunshine

Frosted Car

Wow, it's cold outside this morning.

 

Bill Brandt

I had forgotten how good a photographer Bill Brandt was.

 

Crimbo Goody Box

One of our furry girls has made her home in our emptied Christmas goody box.

Festive Cheer

Oh Deer!

Interesting Crimbo Pressies :)

 

Christmas TV

Merry Christmas

My Nordic Yule Goat Mug

Time to get my Nordic Yule Goat mug out for Crimbo.

A Ghost Story for Christmas

 Time for a little festive reading.

Sleepy

A Little Early Crimbo Cheer

Happy Krampus Day

 

Santa Arrives

Time for Santa to make a festive appearance on our landing windowsill.

Feetie with Moss

 

Deck the Halls

Started decorating the house with Winter/Yule/Christmas decorations. Just one new one a day as the season builds 🙂

 

Familiar Notes

November 18, 2020

It begins...

A New Notebook

November 17, 2020

I am happy with my new notebook. I am now ready to start outlining a new folk-horror novel - about a girl who stumbles upon something unusual in the forest...

Seagull on his Pot of Gold

I woke up to this view out of my bedroom window this morning :)

Prepping...

A Halloween Woodland Walk

I went for a Halloween woodland walk through my local woods today, where I saw a witch!

 

Halloween Horror

 Continuing my Halloween horror viewing with this classic!

A Bit of Morning Research

 I do love the research stage of writing a story. So many coalescing ideas. So many paths to choose from. Which route will I follow?

Solstice 2 Research

 Making the most of a stormy autumn morning by doing a little research.

Story-boarding Solstice Story 2

I started story-boarding my second tale of Solstice today. This is the first major scene in Story 2 (there are a couple of minor set-up scenes preceding this) and details the hallucinatory occurrence that really gets the action going in the story. This is also the scene that is explained more fully (and rationally) in the third tale in the portmanteau series of connecting festive folk horror tales that will eventually feature in my forthcoming book Solstice. 

Story-boarding Solstice Story 2

I hope to get this second tale, which is titled Amanita muscaria, published initially as a stand-alone story later next year. In the meantime, the first title in the Solstice series, The Dryad, is available to purchase now from Amazon.