It’s been one of my goals this year to make my writing a priority. Well, that’s the goal every year, but this for real. I’ve been pitching my work, and working on finishing the first draft. The first draft of what, I’m not sure. I just have to keep writing to find out. So I wanted to say something to other parents who tho think there’s no time to write, or that we can’t write with kids around. We can.…
I love a good writing prompt. Writing prompts are great when you really want to write, but might not know where to start. Or if you’ve been writing all day for work and want to write something for yourself, a writing prompt may help you switch your writing focus. I love writing prompts because they are writing adventures. If I’m stuck or bored, I flip through a book, or click around. And writing prompts can be anything. Single words, story…
Before I moved to Edinburgh for love, I lived and worked and did everything else in Glasgow for five years. About a month after I signed a two year deal on a flat, Neil asked me to move to Edinburgh. After I figured out that this move was A BIG DEAL, I asked him to move to Glasgow. Apart from the music scene and me at the time, there wasn’t much that he liked in my adopted city, so I…
I started this blog to share my real, regular life as a disabled person. I travelled, I tried to write, I got married, and had a kid. The fact that I’m a wheelchair user makes life interesting, but not undoable. I don’t try to overcome my disability, I prefer to work with it. I don’t want to undo my Cerebral Palsy, a positive outlook won’t change it, and I don’t want to. I am disabled and proud. My frustrations spring…
And so, I was writing to a deadline last week. And by last week, I mean I started writing at 7pm on Saturday and was still writing at 3.30 am on Sunday morning. I went up for NYC Midnight again this year, and this time I even liked my writing prompt. My writing week stretched before me like sun in The Bahamas. Hint: I’ve never actually been to The Bahamas. But I have written short stories before. Not a lot…
