The very first short story I ever wrote I sent to Woman’s Weekly. Not long after I received a lovely rejection letter from the Fiction Editor, Gaynor Davies saying that I hadn’t quite made it with this one but encouraging me to send more stories. One of her comments was ‘Not a very happy ending’. […]
Writing
A Sitting Target
I am in the kitchen. Nothing wrong with that – many people work from the kitchen table – but I try to avoid it at all costs. It makes me a sitting target. I am too accessible and I don’t like it. I fight distraction on a daily basis and I don’t need to make […]
The need to escape?
My posts have been erratic these past few months. We moved house in July and our new home has had to be totally renovated. This past week has been hectic with new windows installed, door removed, doors installed, windowsills fitted and and the remainder of the plastering completed. My head is frazzled. And it’s been […]
How I stopped getting distracted by social media
Ah ha- did that get your attention? I hoped it would, although I do hope you’re not meant to be doing something else. Were you distracted too easily? Me too! The thing is, I was checking my email, my facebook pages (oh dear – plural) my twitter, following links to other posts that looked interesting […]
Why you need a notebook – Writing Short Stories
Last week one of my short stories was published in My Weekly magazine in the UK. The title was Waiting for Mr Faultless and it was inspired by a sign I saw at Gatwick Airport. I regularly found myself there in the early hours of the morning, waiting for my husband to come home from business […]
Labour saving devices- How are they working for you?
How do you feel about labour saving devices? Are they working for you? Do you feel that you have more free time now that we have all these wonderful machines to do things for us? Because I definitely don’t. A lot of the time I feel overwhelmed by all the things there are to do and all […]