Back From NaNo

Today is the first Monday in December. Wow. This year has gone fast! Soon we'll be in 2018, reflecting back on the good, the bad, and the weird of the distant memory that was 2017. For now, though, we still have one month left and, more importantly, it's a Month where I am back on …

Creative Guilt

Do you have too many projects? Ever feel guilty for working on one but not the other? I left today free from scheduled posts so I could write something about me doing NaNo. I could have attempted to make a prediction for how I would be getting on, but that wouldn't have the same impact …

My #WiPW for #NaNoWriMo

It's Work In Progress Wednesday but... it's also something else. The past few weeks WiPW has been host to some fabulous guest posts but, right now, I'm letting you all read a post just from me. I'd booked out today for myself, not because I'm selfish, but because, not only is today a Wednesday, but …

Can you overthink an idea?

Do you ever just mull your ideas over so much that you end up disillusioned? Can you end up overthinking an idea? I don't mean in terms of making something overly complex, though that's also an issue, and I don't mean in terms of talking yourself out of something. I mean in terms of thinking …

Angela Noel’s Work in Progress – A WiPW Guest Post

One of my favourite topics to write about is the messages we weave into our work, be them intentional or not. Sometimes, the very existence of the work itself is it's own message and, sometimes, that message becomes outdated and an ill representation of who we are. In today's Guest Post, there's a lot to …

Getting to the Beginning by Clare Scott – A WiPW Guest Post

I am happy to report that so far Work in Progress Wednesday is a roaring success! This is especially apparent as we introduce our third guest poster... Sometimes we struggle, not through lack of creativity and ideas, but due to too much of it to channel all at once; I'm definitely guilty of it, always …

The Hiding Place: A Monday Motivations

Behind the fireplace in the drawing room, once you’d moved the book case slightly to the side, lay her safe space, her sanctuary; a place where the rest of the world just didn’t exist. It served her those nights when her siblings were squabbling, when her mother had been drinking, or when her father was …

Making Connections: A Thursday Thought

For a reason I can’t explain I’ve been thinking a lot about connections. It’s strange to think just how many connections we make in everyday life, be them professional or personal, big or small. The word itself has connotations of business, the old adage of “It’s who you know, not what you know”, and from …

At The End: A Monday Motivations

I cowered, hunched against the cold, metal corridors of the ships interior; my naked flesh shivering and frost-bitten by the lifeless surroundings. From the screens I saw stars, entities I’d only witnessed from the confines of Earth, slip by us without a care and over the intercom I heard the laughter, His laughter, cruel and …

In 5 Years Time: A Thursday Thought

Where will you be in 5 Years time? Can you visualise it? These are the questions being asked today. I'm doing something a bit different this Thursday, by answering the questions posed by Shelley’s Blog in her post January in Review! Q1. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? What small steps can you …