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Writing diary

This sub-category of At the Quill collects all my occasional diary entries about my writing.

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On the The Guardian Masterclass Summer Writers’ Retreat

4 August, 2022

A short notification that I’m taking part in – and very much enjoying – the Guardian Masterclass summer writers’ retreat.

Categories At the Quill, Writing diary
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The successfully organised and bulleted writer

25 December, 202023 December, 2020

Successfully organised and bulleted- that’s how I feel now at the end of 2020, thanks to The Bullet Journal Method and The Organised Writer.

Categories At the Quill, Book Review, Reviews, Writing diary
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How I started keeping my New Year Resolutions

25 December, 202016 December, 2020

New Year Resolutions – year on year I made them and then I failed to keep them, until I worked out how to keep them alive all the year round.

Categories At the Quill, Writing diary
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Flash fiction and the FlashNano 2020

2 December, 2020

About flash fiction and my response to Nancy Stohlman’s FlashNano 2020 writing challenge – why I took it on and what I got out of it.

Categories At the Quill, Writing diary
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Panic on the writing course – writing diary

2 August, 20202 July, 2020

A panic attack was perhaps not the best way to start my participation in the six week Novel Writing Essentials course with Bill Ryan as tutor.

Categories At the Quill, Writing diary
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Writing Essentials – a writing diary entry

3 August, 20203 June, 2020

Writing Essentials – a writing diary entry that takes up the Novel Writing Essentials course at Writers & Artists I’m following and #Stuckhome – the virtual SWF20 from the end of May.

Categories At the Quill, Writing diary
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April showers – a writing diary entry

4 August, 202029 April, 2020

April showers – of the tax declaration and coronavirus lockdown variety – are excuses for my faltering productivity, but I soldier on.

Categories At the Quill, Writing diary

My 2020 Writing Goals – writing diary

8 August, 20205 February, 2020

My 2020 writing goals are much the same as every year – I have goals of aspiration and goals of achievement and already I think I’m doing well.

Categories At the Quill, Writing diary
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i NaNoWriMo no no no – a writing diary entry

4 October, 202128 November, 2018

This year’s NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month – is nearing its end. I didn’t join in this year – I haven’t for many years – but I see the attraction.

Categories At the Quill, Illustration, Writing diary
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Dreaming of self-publication and a pot of coffee

22 October, 20215 September, 2018

Self-publication dreaming and a pot of coffee on a Wednesday morning. This month’s writing diary is about the modern writer’s need of group support

Categories At the Quill, Indie publishing, Writing diary
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Most popular posts published in 2022

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Impressions from the SWF22 (August)
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Curse words we all use – but less often nowadays (2021)
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A couple of days in Maastricht (2016)
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