Category: Writer’s Log

  • Writer’s Log: Juggling all kinds of balls

    Sometimes you can’t juggle every ball at the same time Life is an exercise in juggling. We all know that. We have the two very large balls of work and life which sometimes reform suddenly into lots of little balls which are harder to juggle and keep in the air.…

  • Writer’s Log: Where does the time fly?

    Tracking down the minutes and hours After the last log, I decided that I should track my time in detail. Despite my best intentions, I just wasn’t finding the time I wanted to write. It feels almost wrongheaded to say that. I am the master of my own time. I’m…

  • Writer’s Log: Best Laid Plans

    Of aspiring writers…. It’s not that plans went awry so much as they just never really went anywhere. The week following my last log was crazily busy with work. There was a lot of being out of the house, attending a lot of events, and meeting a lot of people.…

  • Writer’s Log: Life happens…

    …and I’m still celebrating progress Here’s the thing – I’ve been prioritising my work for the past couple of months to get the business side up and running to try and make money to pay the bills. I’ve got the website up, the Substack up, and I’ve got plans for…

  • Writer’s Log: Two weeks is a long time…

    …and I’m celebrating progress What a difference two weeks makes. There is definitely a lot to celebrate in my life at the moment. The big thing is that I got the second draft of the novel done. I sent it to a friend who is experienced in copy editing and…

  • Writer’s Log: Life is a dance

    Two steps forward and one step back It has been a frustrating two weeks. My health continues to challenge me in ways that are not new necessarily but are disheartening to continue to experience. In many ways I am not surprised because I’m recovering from a kidney issue, there was…

  • Writer’s Log: Muse Abandonment is a Real Thing

    When Muse decides to take a break without any notice In the middle of December, I had the idea for a Christmas story – a mini-sequel to one of my most popular fanfictions which might have heralded an even longer actual sequel. Not only that but it fitted perfectly with…

  • Writer’s Log: Looking Forward to 2025

    Building on the foundation of 2024 2024 was a bumper year for my writing. I wrote over 100 pieces when I add my business articles, the opinion articles and Writer’s Logs here, the reviews, poems, fiction and fanfiction. Compared to the 7 pieces I managed in 2023 that turnaround is…

  • Writer’s Log: 2024 in Review

    What did I actually write? Writer’s Log: 2024 in Review And what a year it has been. My final Writer’s Log of 2024 is going to be a fairly traditional look back over my writing in the past 12 months. The numbers will vary a little from those published in…

  • Writer’s Log: Storytime’s First Year Review

    Writer’s Log: Storytime’s First Year Review

    Has having my own website been worth it? Writer’s Log: The first year of my own website – is it worth it? Last year in December, I set up Storytime as my very own writing website to have a place where I could share my writing. A year on, do I…