a creative life
Pinterest is somewhere many of us collect idea for our lives. From home design to fancy dress party ideas, vegan cakes and small bathrooms. If you have an interest in something you can create collections and organise ideas. You can find my Pinterest profile here. I use the secret/hidden board function quite a bit for novel writing. I keep… Continue reading Using Pinterest for Writing Fiction
It's actually rare, as in once a year maybe, that I work on my laptop somewhere other than home. But, I do carry notebooks everywhere, and I'll happily sit and write free-hand for an hour or two providing the environment works for me. So here are my top five places to write (digitally or by hand)… Continue reading Most Inspiring Places to Write in Manchester
Today I wanted to share some of my writing rituals. The things that tell my brain that it's time to be creative. It's time to get in the flow. You could try some of these out for yourself! I find that the routine of doing these writing rituals helps me focus. These things just grew… Continue reading My Writing Rituals
Last month I attended my first writers conference. Held at the Waterside Arts Centre in Sale, the Northern Lights Writers Conference promised inspiring talks on the job of writing and the future landscape of being a writer. The keynote speaker was Joanne Harris, known as @Joannechocolat on Twitter due to her arguably most well-known novel,… Continue reading Northern Lights Writers Conference & Quotes on Writing
Writing a novel had been in the back of my mind ever since being a young girl playing with my Grandma's typewriter. I've been getting a lot of questions about how I started writing my novel. Despite being far from finished (I'm currently editing the first draft) I thought I'd answer a few of the… Continue reading How I Started Writing a Novel
