Writers – why do we do it?

It’s late September in England, it is a beautiful warm early autumn morning and I’m cutting the grass.  As usual when I’m doing something like that my mind starts to wander.  And maybe because I […]

Blogs for bloggers and writers – part 1.

I’m a writer of science fiction and a blogger and I think it’s fair to say that the blogging is more successful than the writing.  The blog gets ‘goodish’ traffic (more would always be nice), […]

Do we need to be a bit more Victorian?

I know life wasn’t great for everyone in the Victorian age.  There was gross poverty, exploitation of children and many other things that we’ve striven hard to put right over the last hundred years or […]

Where to go for inspiration – a few ideas

I find the idea of ‘writers block’ peculiar, it’s not something I’ve suffered from.  OK, sometimes I have to stop and think about where my story is going and does it make sense etc., but […]

Why you should join a writing group

I was advised to join a writing group early on in my writing career and I ignored it for a couple of years.  I thought about it, and even looked a few up a few local […]