Category Archives: Reading

Writing About Writing About Writing 34

Part 34 of an intermittent series where I read or re-read the writing books on my shelf to see if they’re worth keeping. See previous part here and Index of all books here. Milford Science Fiction Writers have also been serialising this set of blog-posts, they’re good people, you should check them out. It’s been five years since I started theseContinue reading “Writing About Writing About Writing 34”

Drowing in content part 2

In <checks notes> 2021! I wrote a blog post about ‘drowning in content‘ where I bemoaned the endless TBR and made futile plans for tackling it. To mix metaphors – according to Oliver Burkeman in an article titled Treat your to read pile like a river: “In a world of effectively infinite information, the betterContinue reading “Drowing in content part 2”

Writing About Writing About Writing 33

Part 33 of an intermittent series where I read or re-read the writing books on my shelf to see if they’re worth keeping. See previous part here and Index of all books here. Milford Science Fiction Writers have also been serialising this set of blog-posts, they’re good people, you should check them out. Apparently the last of these was in MayContinue reading “Writing About Writing About Writing 33”

Writing About Writing About Writing 32

Part 32 of an intermittent series where I read or re-read the writing books on my shelf to see if they’re worth keeping. See previous part here and Index of all books here. Milford Science Fiction Writers have also been serialising this set of blog-posts, they’re good people, you should check them out. It did, for a second, make meContinue reading “Writing About Writing About Writing 32”

Writing About Writing About Writing 31

Part 31 of an intermittent series where I read or re-read the writing books on my shelf to see if they’re worth keeping. See previous part here and Index of all books here. October was, as ever, a busy month, holding both FantasyCon and BristolCon which I attended, participated in and enjoyed. I grabbed some books – including some writingContinue reading “Writing About Writing About Writing 31”

Writing About Writing About Writing 30

Part 30 of an intermittent series where I read or re-read the writing books on my shelf to see if they’re worth keeping. See previous part here and Index of all books here. Quick health update – taking some time to get used to pacing as energy still seems to be poor. As per modus operandi I’ve read or amContinue reading “Writing About Writing About Writing 30”

I said Hey, What’s Going On?

4 Non-Blondes reference there for those of us who remember the 90’s. I’ve just been for another blood test, PA goes hand in hand with other intolerances and deficiencies so they’re testing me for various things. I am still coming to terms with adding yet another chronic health condition to the ones I was alreadyContinue reading “I said Hey, What’s Going On?”

Writing About Writing About Writing 29

Part 29 of an intermittent series where I read or re-read the writing books on my shelf to see if they’re worth keeping. See previous part here and Index of all books here. So – time to dust this off I guess. I haven’t read much since #28 so will be doing a bit of a reset. I have, though,Continue reading “Writing About Writing About Writing 29”

Writing About Writing About Writing 28

Part 28 of an intermittent series where I read or re-read the writing books on my shelf to see if they’re worth keeping. See previous part here and Index of all books here. So I haven’t yet done the Year of Buying NO Books and a Climb Mount TBR challenge blog, which I said would be in January. I have for the pastContinue reading “Writing About Writing About Writing 28”