Today, as I sit at my desk writing, I stop to look out of the window. A Robin is perched on the fence. I have noticed that he always waits for the other birds to go before he gets his own food from the bird feeder outside my window. He is silent and patient. No fuss, just waiting. There is a beautiful Blue Tit on … Continue reading Why Being Thankful Is So Important

“He who is best prepared can best serve his moment of inspiration.” — Samuel Taylor Coleridge So there you are. Writing away like there is no tomorrow. Words flying onto the page with what seems like no thought at all. Effortless in their abundance, and so delightful in their haste to get onto the page. Line after line blesses your eye as you look at … Continue reading Should Writers Prepare Or Go With The Flow?

I can’t believe that it’s NaNoWriMo time again. It comes around so quickly. It seems that in only a blink of an eye it was last November and we were setting ourselves up for last year’s writing challenge. For those of you who haven’t hear of it, NaNoWriMo is short for National Novel Writing Month. It lasts from the 1st to the 30th of November … Continue reading NaNoWriMo Time Again!