I came across an excellent article recently and thought I’d better share it with my readers. It seems that many writers are also walkers. They use taking a walk as an essential part of the writing process. I’ve been advocating this from time to time on this site, especially in those times when you seem [...]

I’m back! It has been a while since my last entry here. Sorry about that. I’ve been a little overwhelmed with life for a while now, but things seem to be getting back on track again, one step at a time. I have several large projects on the go which are taking – no – [...]

A few days ago my son transferred all of my computer files from a positively ancient six year old computer to my new laptop. The transition took a while and was relatively painless. It would have taken me days to do what my son did in hours. One of the topics we discussed during this [...]

I needed to do some weeding in the garden recently. Our rose bed was in danger of disappearing into a jungle of tangled weeds. Weeding in the garden is so satisfying; in a very short space of time you can see the results of your labours. The garden bed looks much better very quickly. The [...]

The road to getting published is a very difficult one. You need to know what you are doing, and submit the very best you can write. Sadly though, submitting the very best of your writing is often not enough. You must take a very professional approach to the business of writing – and it is [...]