Month: February 2013

I’ve always been good at starting stories, but not so hot at finishing them. I have files full of starts just waiting for an ending. Having wailed my dissatisfaction with myself to my writing tutor, Sue Johnson, she came up with a ridiculously simple way of solving the problem. Her suggestion was to write the… Continue reading Writing up to the End

I love writing. I hate editing. In an attempt to increase my editing productivity, I am trying a new system – the button productivity method. My estimate for a first pass at editing my RNA New Writers’ Scheme novel is one hundred hours work. I have painstakingly counted out two hundred buttons into a jar.… Continue reading Don’t Laugh – Button Productivity

Those of you who follow my blog will know that my step-father died recently. I can’t believe that it is only two months this week since he passed on – in a lot of ways it feels longer. My own father died from complications due to his multiple sclerosis at 58. Multiple sclerosis is the… Continue reading Multiples