Writing our socks off..or are we?

What are writers actually doing when staring at their screens..?

Oct 3 • 

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September 2025

Well, we hit the road running with the first Writer's Hour and here's how it worked..

on doing it together, jumping in and starting a habit. Oh and a treat..

Sep 4 • 

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August 2025

My writing room works for me because...

A few tips to wet the whistle, a link or two to some accessories, and a bit of gentle encouragement for all you writers..

Aug 28 • 

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Okay, be honest, who is secretly looking forward to getting back to real life? September's coming, here's how to be ready for it...

Writing hour, some campus novels, and one or two small things to add a bit of a glint to the first signs of autumn..

Aug 19 • 

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In August I lose my mind. In September I get it back. Offering you all a free writing hour with me on September 1st to land again and get…

I am offering a free writing hour, on zoom, because they work. Plus a trio of summer reads, a picnic tip for transporting a cold glass of wine, & what…

Aug 11 • 

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July 2025

'Yes, you gave me this fan.....if that woman crosses my threshold, I shall strike her across the face with it.' Oscar Wilde

In the heat of the night.. a bit of Fan-dom and then, paywalled is some Prada silliness, T shirts with slogans and - fanning itself discreetly - a…

Jul 21 • 

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You will LOVE this I think...

my book suggestions..here are some books with great cookery folded in. If you click through on the link you will buy them on Bookshop.org; good for…

Jul 14 • 

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"July is a blind date with summer..." Hal Borland

the wild card of the year where anything is possible, with dresses, a re-union, a London foray, oh and a free form version of home made raspberry ripple…

Jul 8 • 

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June 2025

'This is the solstice...the place of caught breath, the door of a vanished house left ajar..' Margaret Atwood

It's time for midsummer magic and madness folks - so read on for a chance to win an original painting by Maggi Hambling , and thoughts on the tipping…

Jun 21 • 

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“Green was the silence, wet was the light, the month of June trembled like a butterfly.” ― Pablo Neruda

How early is early? Ice cream chocolates, the washing line, and rampantica roses

Jun 9 • 

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March 2025

“Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don’t feel I should be doing something else.” – Gloria Steinem

This is the thing - and yet when not writing, a writer has so many ways to side step the word on the page...

Mar 27 • 

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“Take some more tea," the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly. "I've had nothing yet," Alice replied in an offended tone, "so I can't…

Marching towards spring, a good bag for holidays, a swimsuit to pack in it, and some tea...

Mar 3 • 

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