11 April 2021

Amanita published

The second of my four festive folk horror stories is now published and is available both in paperback and for kindle here!


 




8 April 2021

'Tis Done :)

 'Tis done. My second of four festive folk horrors has been sent to the publishers :)



I now need to crack on with the third tale in this series of interconnected Christmas stories. But first...

7 April 2021

Amanita - Last Few Edits

 Working on the last few edits of Amanita ~ a Solstice story before it gets published.



2 April 2021

Nostalgia #4

My prized memo of seeing Kate Bush live a few years back. These poems were fired out at the audience during the drowning-at-sea middle section of the gig.

31 March 2021

Amanita ~ Day 88/100

When your laptop is useless in the sunny garden grrr... (Yes, she does watch me like this most of the time lol)

29 March 2021

26 March 2021

21 March 2021

Day 78/100

 Day 78/100. Draft 2 complete :) I now have 22 days to get the final third draft completed. It's going to be a tight finish...



16 March 2021

14 March 2021

The Mindful Garden - Focal Point

 Here he is - settled amongst the ivy in the section of our patio I am devoting to the creation of a mindful garden. He will form the focal point of the design. So far, so good...


11 March 2021

Mindful Gardening - Buddha

I have decided to create a mindful garden in this section of our patio:
Step One ~ Finding & Acquiring a Peaceful Buddha Statue accomplished :)


 

10 March 2021

Nostalgia #3

Nostalgia. Isle of Skye. First visit. First stop off. Garage for matches to light van fire.


 

9 March 2021

8 March 2021

6 March 2021

Magickal Gardening

If you can't find magic in the world, create your own!


 

2 March 2021

25 February 2021

23 February 2021

Black Hole

 Sorry for the lack if updates recently. Seems I slipped into the black hole for a few weeks. Still,  I can see the daylight now and am heading out of there as fast as I am able...



14 February 2021

Day 39

Day 39 of my #The100DayProject attempt to get my festive folk horror tale, Amanita, completed.




 

11 February 2021

Day 36

 Today is Day 36 of my #The100DayProject to complete my second Solstice festive folk horror story. I may have to pick up the pace a little...

7 February 2021

4 February 2021

Time for Craft...

Cracking on with the second draft of Amanita. Time for craft to hone imagination...








 

3 February 2021

Amanita - Draught Two...

Day 28 of my #The100DayProject starts with my completed first draft of (Solstice) Amanita printed out, ready for my work to begin on Draft 2...


 

1 February 2021

Day 26 - #The100DayProject

A quarter of the way through this project, to complete my second Solstice story within 100 day, and i have now completed the writing (and typing up) of its first draft :)


 

19 January 2021

15 January 2021

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...



10 January 2021

#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. 



8 January 2021

#The100DayProject - Day 2

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


 

7 January 2021

#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

 

6 January 2021