The Day Nothing Happened
I looked out of the window. Nothing much going on out there. I read the news — there was stuff going on. But nothing that...
Writing
Marginally useful writing tips.
2025
Telling Tales
I thought about something that seemed a bit strange— Which, for me, is not strange at all. I do that all the time. And then...
The Big Sweat
I’m sitting here with a fan swooshing warm air around and a cold compress on the back of my neck. It’s called summer. And I’m...
A Writers Tale
I don’t have a tail… Oh wait, I misread that. Never mind. Right then, my writing is like this because it used to be like...
Creative Cleaning
I’ve been in my blog with a yard broom and a filing cabinet. The broom is for sweeping up the dust. The filing cabinet is...
Writing In My Head
I was out for a walk. Purely for the benefit of my body. My mind didn’t care less. In fact, it was a bit bored. ...
The Accidental Storyteller
I sat down to write, a common occurrence, a daily one, in fact. I doodled around a few ideas floating in my mind — like...
Tell Me a Story
There I was, typing words, lots of words about life, photography and biscuits. Never once did I think that I was doing something that would...
The Perils of Winging It In Non-Fiction
Right, so, ‘pantsing’. Not the sort of pantsing that involves, shall we say, a sudden and unwelcome exposure of your nether regions. No, no, we’re...
Write Like Your Shed Is On Fire
If you’re reading this, congratulations! You have survived another day without your shed spontaneously combusting. But what if it did? What if, as you sat...
