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Image Prompts

Being the visually inspired person that I am, I like to take photos, especially ones that can inspire me to write. The great thing about taking pictures to use in your writing is that, like the idea...

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Insecure Writers Day, Or Help, Somebody Kick Me

Today is Insecure Writers day (see the tab at the top for more info). A day where members spill their guts on their writing fears, concerns, worries, and hopefully receive sympathy from the other...

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Because We All Need Ideas

I’ve been a huge fan of Linda Lewis since I met her and attended a workshop she ran at Swanwick last year. She’s a talented writer of fiction, writes a column for Writers Forum magazine, is...

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Writers Block…..My Top Tips

*shudders* It’s a pain isn’t it? The nightmare situation for most writers….a blank page (or computer screen) and your mind, desperately searching for the words that just won’t come *gulp* The lovely...

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My Writers Block – I Love It!

I’ve found it, I’ve found it! Ok, I guess I better explain Do any of you remember my post back in May about Writers Block ? Well, the interesting thing about that post was where Laurie commented about...

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The Long & The Short Of It – How Learning My Craft Has Changed My Life

Today, I’m guesting over at Sue Howe’s blog The Long and The Short Of It Sue asked me if I could do an article about writing workshops, classes and residential schools. I’m trying to convince her to...

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The Secret to Generating New Ideas is Streetcombing

An e mail recently from Daring to Live Fully had me jumping up and down! Ok, not literally but you get the gist The post talks about “Streetcombing” a system created/developed by Richard Stomp which is...

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A Prompt A Day…..

A couple of months back I had the chance to see Ros Barber talk about her new book, The Marlowe Papers and hear her read some of her poetry. Wow! ) Ros runs a website with fellow writer Kate Marillat...

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IWSG – February – Confronting Writers Block

It’s Insecure Writers Support Group Day….and this month I really need a day to wallow Huge thanks as ever to Alex J Cavanaugh for starting the group. I’m not a bragger…never have been, never will...

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Insecure Writers Support Day – March

It’s the first Wednesday of the month, and you know what that means don’t you Many thanks, again, to the wonderful Alex J Cavanagh who created and hosts the blog hop Ok, so last month I was in a real...

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The Book of Me, Written by You

If you’re into journaling, writing memoir or genealogy then perhaps this might interest you… Good luck to Julie at Anglers Rest with this project. I’ll be taking part when I can If you want to join,...

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Insecure Writers Support Day -December 13

Today is IWSG Day, the last of 2013 and the only month I missed was November So what am I insecure about this month?… I recently “won” at Nano, but I don’t really see it as achieving much. It was the...

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Greetings…

…is exactly what my dad always says :) So Hi…how are you?…what have you all been up to? Me? Cooking, baking, tidying, walking Alb, laundry, faffing, reading, playing The Sims (LOVE that game!) and NOT...

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J Is For…

Good morning! Im feeling much better :) So todays J day in the A-Z Challenge and from the moment i saw the word i’d been given a Beatles song popped into my head, and i knew exactly what i wanted to...

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L Is For…

Good morning A-Zers :) I enjoyed my day off yesterday, up to a point. Had a lovely meet with some Wrimo’s for a writing session (where i spent the whole time trying to find the right title for my...

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O Is For…

Good morning readers and fellow A-Zers :) Today i have a dentists appointment *groans* so I’m trying to force myself into a positive place lol Its “O” day in the A-Z Challenge and now we’re past the...

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What’s In The Suitcase?

I stumbled across a fantastic resource recently… Photographer Jon Crispin has been given the opportunity to… …photograph the suitcases left behind by patients at the now closed Willard Psychiatric...

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Finally… The Solution To Procrastination?

Those of you who have been reading my blog for a while now will know that i often struggle with not writing. Its not writers block, its not got anything to do with being scared of the blank page. As...

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IWSG – February – Confronting Writers Block

It’s Insecure Writers Support Group Day….and this month I really need a day to wallow Huge thanks as ever to Alex J Cavanaugh for starting the group. I’m not a bragger…never have been, never will...

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Insecure Writers Support Day – March

It’s the first Wednesday of the month, and you know what that means don’t you Many thanks, again, to the wonderful Alex J Cavanagh who created and hosts the blog hop Ok, so last month I was in a real...

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