This weekend just gone I joined a bunch of writers in mid-Wales for another MeddwlCoed Writing Retreat. This one at the Glynhir Estate. A fantastic location for some rest and writing. We left Bristol under cover of darkness and joined the throng on the M4 which flowed well until we reached near Cardiff where GoogleContinue reading “MeddwlCoed writing retreat”
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The return of Writing About Writing About Writing
WAWAW Is 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 an index of the books in the series here. In my previous post way back in June I put the series on pause as I needed to useContinue reading “The return of Writing About Writing About Writing”
New head shot
It’s always a weird experience going to get photographs professionally done but it had become necessary as my appearance has changed (age, lockdown, beard). On a quiet weekend day I crossed the city to spend an hour or so in the company of Tom from TomShot Photography in order to get some new photos done.Continue reading “New head shot”
Drowning in content
I have a book buying problem – Hi I’m Pete and I’m a biblioholic. You’re probably already aware of that from the fact that I’ve been doing the Writing About Writing About Writing (WAWAW) blogposts (which will return next month, more on that below.) I do the category challenge on Librarything every year and I’mContinue reading “Drowning in content”
Guest Blog: Dolly Garland – The Artist’s Way
The Artist’s Way for Writers Photo by Dolly Garland The Artist’s Way is a well-known creativity book by Julia Cameron. If you are interested in any form of creative practice you’ve probably heard of it. Or, you might have heard of one of its most famous concepts: the morning pages. I had been familiar withContinue reading “Guest Blog: Dolly Garland – The Artist’s Way”
I should be Writing
It was supposed to snow today. The weather report said there was 100% chance of rain in 22 minutes while I was having lunch. It didn’t rain. It didn’t snow. I watched for it. New people have moved into the house opposite. They’ve installed a log burner and new double glazing and I can seeContinue reading “I should be Writing”
Writing About Writing About Writing Review 16
Part 16 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 This time round I’ve skipped a week – things going on, you know how it is -lockdown, day jobs, one thing crowds out another… I’ve re-read a fewContinue reading “Writing About Writing About Writing Review 16”
NaNo, NaNo NaNo, NaNo NaNo there’s (Na)No limits
There’s no WAWAW this week as I’ve been trying to keep up with NaNoWriMo wordcounts (spoiler – I’m behind) if you’re doing NaNo then feel free to add me as a buddy – I’m on there as Psutto. I’ve sent the two novellas for the secret project to the publisher (one was finished using NaNoContinue reading “NaNo, NaNo NaNo, NaNo NaNo there’s (Na)No limits”
A tiding of tidings
As I thought would happen – I’ve not yet finished “The Making of a Story” as the next book in the Writing about Writing about Writing Review (it is 600+ pages long) so instead for this week’s blog – a brief bit of news. I’ve been editing a novel for Grimbold (another author’s – aContinue reading “A tiding of tidings”
Real Writers
Imposter Syndrome – insidious isn’t it? I posted on Twitter that I wasn’t feeling like a ‘real writer’ so was pondering a post on imposter syndrome and got some nice advice from the lovely people of Twitter. More than one person sent me this: The lovely Frances Hardinge who I once had the pleasure ofContinue reading “Real Writers”
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