Musings :: Moments :: Memories
June wasn’t the most productive month for reading, thanks to the disruption of having the house decorated—paint tins, ladders, and the constant hum of activity aren’t exactly conducive to getting lost in a good book. On top of that, I hit a bit of a general lull; the kind where you pick up your Kindle… Continue reading June Reading
April was a busy month with travel, reading but absolutely no writing at all. This is a quick rundown of what happened around here in April: Health: I tackled an issue which I had been trying to ignore by seeing a private GP and then a specialist. I saw my physio for the last time… Continue reading April Things
After a busy reading month in February, March was a little slower. This is fine. My reading life has rarely kept a steady pace. There are the books I read in March: 1. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport. I listened to this on audio and maybe that it… Continue reading March Reading Review
Here are just some of the books I want to read this year: Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros - the third in the Emypyrean series. Very excited about this one and I will be doing a buddy read which will mainly mean lots of texting while reading! Beloved by Toni Morrison - I know I… Continue reading Ten Books for 2025
Following on from my post yesterday about creating characters, I thought I would share the characters that I had listed for the weriting exercise. These are all favourites but I especially made my choices based on the charaacter I am creating for my new story. In other words, there are many more characters that I… Continue reading Ten Favourite Characters
As part of the writing course I am currently doing, we had to look at building well-rounded characters. The first task asked us to list 5-10 characters we loved with a few words explaining why. Then, we had to write for 15 minutes, looking at specific prompts, including an external provocation as well as an… Continue reading Writing characters
I picked up this book at Chatsworth last year, drawn by the beautiful Angela Harding cover and the autumnal theme. I have read with Austin a couple of Katya Balen's shorter books, Birdsong and Nightjar. These books are published by Barrington Stoke and are dyslexia-friendly with a specific font and cream pages. Austin is not… Continue reading Autumn Reads: How I Fell in Love with Katya Balen’s Beautiful Books
The nights are closing in. This is a phrase that is usually uttered with a defeated tone. 'Closing in' certainly sounds ominous. Slightly threatening. Like a pack of wolves slowly creeping towards the door. However, I love these earlier sunsets, the longer nights, the stretches of twilight. The huge harvest moon glowed orange and bright… Continue reading Dark nights and book stacks
Notes From My Day 