A blog to keep me honest, motivated, and enthused about writing and reading, plus confessions on a serious addiction to coffee, notebooks and vintage typewriters.
Hello dear reader! It has been too long since I last posted, with no real excuse but for life just getting in the way. But do not be alarmed, for I have still been working hard behind the scenes. The local libraries have been furnishing dusty reference books from their basements, and I in... Continue Reading →
Welcome to our summer holiday. Three weeks of bliss, caravanning in a campsite beach-side at Hahei in the Coromandel. An idyllic part of NZ’s coast. Paradise. And here is Belladonna, our little snail shell.Can a writer have a better position? Peace and playground chatter, quiet solitude and birdsong, and a vast variety of peoples from... Continue Reading →
Research, Research, Research Well, I've been having a bit of fun digging up some books for my novel idea from the deep dark recesses of the local libraries. This is the exciting part for me, delving into a subject that interests me, the history, the images, the culture of the topic at hand. But there... Continue Reading →
Well, another week has passed, yet to put pen to paper, but progress has still been made. I've tidied and sorted the mess of papers on my writing desk - an adorable little acquisition from TradeMe that used to be a church organ - and pulled out all my WIP notebooks, to decide which story... Continue Reading →
Hi, and welcome to my first blog post.Why am I doing this? Because today is the first day of my writing life. And why not motivate myself by sharing in such a public way how progress is? A fresh start, a kick to the shin, a boost onto the elephant for an amazing ride.It's a... Continue Reading →
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A blog to keep me honest, motivated, and enthused about writing and reading, plus confessions on a serious addiction to coffee, notebooks and vintage typewriters.
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