Tag Archives: writing process

Creative ways to avoid creativity

Long time readers will be familiar with my perennial writing humblebrag, to whit: I am an Olympic-standard procrastinator. All false modesty aside, I could stall for my country. My whole planet, even. If  the aliens invading Earth turn out to … Continue reading

Posted in Writing news | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Jabbed

This morning I am enjoying the so-far-nonexistent after-effects of my first COVID-19 vaccination jab, and the last few days of my holidays. For one reason or the other, or because of the double-shot espresso I just knocked back, I’m feeling … Continue reading

Posted in Personal, Writing news | Tagged | 2 Comments

My Year of Busking

Fifty two weeks. Fifty two stories. As of the middle of July, my Friday flash fiction project had its anniversary. To my utter astonishment, I didn’t miss a single deadline. I came close a couple of times, but not nearly … Continue reading

Posted in Essay, Writing news | Tagged | 9 Comments

TMoRP Day 11 – Finishing a story

I just finished a writing project. On the one hand, that should be nothing, considering I’ve now written a new story every week for the last fifteen or so weeks. But this was a bit different, in that it was … Continue reading

Posted in Relentless positivity, Writing news | Tagged | Leave a comment

100 for 100 challenge

I’ve just returned from a very quick trip to introduce my children to that abyssal money sink some people call skiing. I’ve learned a couple of things. The first is that I have the knees of a terribly old man. … Continue reading

Posted in Writing news | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments