Panic on the writing course – writing diary
A panic attack was perhaps not the best way to start my participation in the six week Novel Writing Essentials course with Bill Ryan as tutor.
On Ramberget late in June – a photo essay
A photo essay with images from Ramberget taken this morning on my walk. Oaks and grasses and blackberry flowers, Keillers Park and the Three Graces
A Right and Proper Subject
What is a right and proper subject for a novel today? A discussion of commercial and moral arguments and a vindication (I hope) of authorial freedom.
The short summer night – a translation
The short summer night, a translation of Norwegian Aslaug L Lygre’s poem Vi skal ikkje sova bort sumarnatta, and a bit of context.
Writing Essentials – a writing diary entry
Writing Essentials – a writing diary entry that takes up the Novel Writing Essentials course at Writers & Artists I’m following and #Stuckhome – the virtual SWF20 from the end of May.
Ghana memories – an introduction
Ghana memories: an introduction to a forthcoming series of posts at Stops and Stories about my trip to visit Ghana again after 54 years.
Young oak leaves in the rain
Young oak leaves in the rain is a photo essay with pictures from Ramberget, the raven’s mountain at the bottom of our road.
And I would write ten thousand hours
Ten thousand hours is about writing blog posts and how deliberate practice with the help of the Yoast SEO WP plug-in has helped me improve over time.
Boiling coffee for breakfast
Boiling coffee – roasted coffee beans ground to be boiled in a coffee kettle, used to be the usual way to make coffee. But who makes it that way now?
April showers – a writing diary entry
April showers – of the tax declaration and coronavirus lockdown variety – are excuses for my faltering productivity, but I soldier on.