I blog about the process of writing and the insights I’m finding about how and what I like to write. About the craft. About the fun. And about the words.
Running ‘n writing
A writer avoids writing by talking about running, with the excuse that it offers some insight into writing. Whereas in fact, it is simply a way of running away from writing. You see? Oh, and there’s a question at the end of the blog for once….
Saddling up
Adjusting to new working conditions, Ivan tries something different to get the writing bug fed and watered again.
I am a duck, I swim
Where the author compares himself to a duck, for the purposes of procrastination and distraction. Quack. And indeed, quackers.
The past is a dangerous place
Some days are doggerel days. And this is one of them. Join me on a trip down memory lane, and laugh in the face of pentametre.
Troublesome words
Post-rationalisation rationalisation. Or why it’s ok to read a dictionary in bed.
Eternal liff
Ivan eats some metaphysical crackers
What if…
Anxious all-sorts are sometimes best left in their heart-shaped box.
Writing blind, running wet
Being self-employed is a world away does not equal working from home. And the sooner your author accepts this, the easier his life will become.
New beginnings, or unintended consequences
This week, I expect there will be some new readers of this blog. Welcome. Pull up a pew*. Although if you really believe that this is a church you are sorely misguided. But now I mention it, the Cult of Monk Quixote has a certain ring to it. So on second thoughts, pull up a pew, give me all your cash and start wearing odd clothes (you’ll soon discover that I believe the concept of things matching to be vastly over-rated). Anyhoo, welcome one and all. Or as is infinitely more probably, one.