Inside my head

I am easily distracted. I have a vivid imagination and often more ideas than I need in one day.

You never know who’s listening

All my life I have sought to express myself with words. Sometimes it has an impact on others and they let me know, but not always. It does have an impact on me. Somehow putting it on 'paper’ crystallises my thoughts and I hear my inner world with more clarity.

Curiosity

There are a lot of cliché messages taking up space in my head. Not all of them helpful. Over the years I know some of my decisions were influenced by one or more of them without me even realizing it.

Retreat from writing or writing retreat?

You know how excited you feel when those adds pop up for writer's conferences in America and you toy with the idea of getting up at four in the morning to hear your favourite authors speak? Yeah, me neither.

Feeling all the feels

Learning about writing and actually ‘doing the verk’ are two completely different things.

Breaking Rules

We see it every day in social media. Those people who can’t help it, they have to correct typos, grammar or misinformation.

Bards and other mysteries

To say my writing has been influenced by my Welsh heritage is an understatement. Which is not necessarily a good thing.

That’s a wrap. Thanks 2021

I haven't written much lately. I have been lacking hutzpah. I think I have been suffering from Pandemic exhaustion. Is that a thing? I feel like it is. How are you feeling? This last couple of years has taken its toll hasn’t it? I want to say ‘enough already!’ Remember when we got to New … Continue reading That’s a wrap. Thanks 2021 →

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