Following on from a previous post I decided to compete at least one New Years Resolution which was to read a Dr Seuss book. Thank you again to Rebecca Alexander for recommending 'The Sneetches'. which is a great story. I went to my local library and borrowed 'The Sneetches and other stories'. I read all the stories which included:
The Sneetches
The Zax
Too Many Daves
What was I scared of?
I'm so glad I got this and I can definitely see myself reading this to my children one day when I am all grown up!
Highly recommended and great illustrations too.
Monday, 11 February 2013
Wednesday, 23 January 2013
Courses I wish I had time for...
I have often moaned written about the fact that I am currently studying GCSE maths with the National Extension College.
I also re-took English A' Level with the NEC and I think they are really great if you want to study from home. I received their newsletter the other day with some links to different courses for, but not exclusive to, writers.
You can check out the links to the following courses here
Creative Writing
Writing Short Stories
Writing for a Living
If you sign up or have taken the course in the past it would be great to hear your thoughts on them as I'd like to take them when I free up some study time.
I also re-took English A' Level with the NEC and I think they are really great if you want to study from home. I received their newsletter the other day with some links to different courses for, but not exclusive to, writers.
You can check out the links to the following courses here
Creative Writing
Writing Short Stories
Writing for a Living
If you sign up or have taken the course in the past it would be great to hear your thoughts on them as I'd like to take them when I free up some study time.
Monday, 14 January 2013
Resolution Generator
If you were planning to make some new years resolutions and need a little inspiration this generator may help.
My one and only resolution as a result of this is 'read a Dr. Seuss book' - I still haven't gotten around to reading my twilight books yet so that may have to be a resolution for 2014 (or much much later).
Can anyone recommend a Dr Seuss. book?
My one and only resolution as a result of this is 'read a Dr. Seuss book' - I still haven't gotten around to reading my twilight books yet so that may have to be a resolution for 2014 (or much much later).
Can anyone recommend a Dr Seuss. book?
Friday, 11 January 2013
Happy New Year!
Slightly later than I had planned but here is my first blog post of 2013. It's been busy at work with lots of events happening on the GP calendar (I work for the NHS now). Wednesday I got to go to Buckfast Abbey conference centre and time keep by blowing a whistle every 10, 8 and 2 minutes. This was my view from the freezing cold corridor:
A lovely view (my camera phone doesn't do it justice) and best of all I got time to write. Not just this post but a story too. I was inspired by an episode of duck hunters and it got my creative juices flowing. I'm about 400 odd words into a first draft and now I actually feel the January blues ebbing away. It's a great feeling starting with a blank page and seeing a story appear as if by magic and I often find myself thinking 'Did I write that?' - sometimes in a bad way but sometimes in a good way too.
I didn't make any resolutions because I never stick to them but I've made a list of things to get done.
- blog at least once a week
- sub a story every other month
- contribute more to my writing group
- drink more water
- do things that make me happy
It's not a challenging list but its something similar to what I did at school and it works for me, keeps me going. I was really good at spelling at school for a couple of years running I set 'Do better at spelling' as my goals. Every year I'd be rewarded with a mars bar from my teacher. I'm not sure whether my love of chocolate came before my love of writing but they go hand in hand I guess. I didn't get away with it my third year when I was told my goal should be to improve my maths. Suffice to say I didn't get that mars bar again (and I'm retaking GCSE maths!)
A lovely view (my camera phone doesn't do it justice) and best of all I got time to write. Not just this post but a story too. I was inspired by an episode of duck hunters and it got my creative juices flowing. I'm about 400 odd words into a first draft and now I actually feel the January blues ebbing away. It's a great feeling starting with a blank page and seeing a story appear as if by magic and I often find myself thinking 'Did I write that?' - sometimes in a bad way but sometimes in a good way too.
I didn't make any resolutions because I never stick to them but I've made a list of things to get done.
- blog at least once a week
- sub a story every other month
- contribute more to my writing group
- drink more water
- do things that make me happy
It's not a challenging list but its something similar to what I did at school and it works for me, keeps me going. I was really good at spelling at school for a couple of years running I set 'Do better at spelling' as my goals. Every year I'd be rewarded with a mars bar from my teacher. I'm not sure whether my love of chocolate came before my love of writing but they go hand in hand I guess. I didn't get away with it my third year when I was told my goal should be to improve my maths. Suffice to say I didn't get that mars bar again (and I'm retaking GCSE maths!)
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