Musings :: Moments :: Memories
Currently reading: The Things We Leave Unfinished by Rebecca Yarros (writer of Fourth Wing) Currently watching: Loki series finale. All the tears. Currently eating: Marks and Spencer pizza Currently driving: Evelina and her friend to and from the school disco! Currently listening to: Taylor Swift’s Folklore album Currently playing: Patterned on Apple Arcade
As I work through The Artist's Way (the writing course book by Julia Cameron), one of the suggestions for creating a life as a writer is to take weekly Artist's Dates. These are outings done alone to somewhere interesting, creative, or inspiring: a gallery, a museum, a garden, etc. Tomorrow, I will be taking myself… Continue reading An Artist’s Date and a Pivot
My 2023 Word of the Year is Connection and I think this has been such a wonderful word to keep at the heart of my choices this year (and ongoing I think). Here are just five examples of how I have put connection first: Booking trips and holidays that focus on family time; Putting down… Continue reading Five Ways I Have Chosen Connection
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros - a fantasy romance with dragons. I haven't read much fantasy this year but this felt very easy to get into with excellent world-building. I read it very quickly. Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak - so so creepy! I devoured this in a day (half-term reading for the win!). A… Continue reading 5 Books I Have Loved This Year So Far
Last Friday, I made huge progress in getting my first draft structured, even adding some new words to the overall word count. However, my hyper focus on this task meant that it took nearly all day. As a result, I feel like I have been on catch up. Add to that hurting my back at… Continue reading The Friend Trick
When I first started teaching, my lovely colleague Louise made me a jar in which I was to capture moments in the school day that made me happy. There are so many challenges in the job that it is important that we try to hang on to the parts of the job that make it… Continue reading Happy Jar
I used to be so good at recording a lot of the little moments that happened on a dedicated Twitter account but now Twitter is tarnished (thanks, Elon) I need to decide what to do with these so they don't get lost and decide if I continue or move to Threads/elsewhere. Here are just some… Continue reading Tweets from the Past
I spent almost the whole day today working on my novel but I barely wrote any new words. What I did manage to do was wrangle my complicated multiple points of view, dual timeline, non-linear incomplete draft into a structure which finally makes sense. Whenever I stall with my writing, there is always an underlying… Continue reading Order from chaos
The laundry is a cycleIt is never doneStop trying to finish it When someone rude puts you downJust smile and reply'That's such an odd thing to say' Don't worry about sleepingAfter some crossed wordsSometimes you're both just tired Tug of war with your worriesIs so exhaustingYou can let go of the rope Writing haiku is… Continue reading Life Advice in Haiku
From my writing journal - 7.4.2017 A twig snaps, cracking the air and breaking the silence. The warmth has brought the wood to life with scents of rotten leaves mingling with the fresh growth of spring. The leaves are spreading out in the trees, shielding the russet floor from the high noon sun. The light… Continue reading Fragments
Notes From My Day 