writing process – Curious-Authentic Ink

And, Away!

Post author:Eryl
Post published:26/12/2021
Post category:Travel
Post comments:6 Comments

It's six-o-two on Christmas morning. We are in a distillery cottage on Islay, Dave is sleeping, the wind is roaring round us like a fury, causing the wood in the…

An Artist and her Bus Pass

Post author:Eryl
Post published:02/10/2021
Post category:Ageing Exploring Writer's Life
Post comments:9 Comments

I am on a lonely road and I am travelling, sang Joni Mitchell in a song I like very much. But her problem could be considered quite the opposite of…

The Artist’s Date

Post author:Eryl
Post published:14/09/2021
Post category:Writer's Life Writing
Post comments:6 Comments

Like everyone, Covid has affected my life in a zillion random ways. While I've had the very good fortune not to get sick, I'm somewhat weighted by certain repercussions. No…

Embracing the Strange

Post author:Eryl
Post published:20/02/2021
Post category:Lockdown Writer's Life
Post comments:4 Comments

It struck me, as I lambasted myself for having watched three You Tubes in a row on how to get the most out of Big Sur, that instead of fighting…

Cook Your Own Stories

Post author:Eryl
Post published:31/01/2021
Post category:How Fiction Works Literature Ambassador Writer Opps Writing
Post comments:6 Comments

Literary Diet, the final dayTomorrow it won't be January any more, which feels rather abrupt. But there are still a few hours left of the month in which The Guardian…

Enchanted Lands

Post author:Eryl
Post published:08/03/2020
Post category:Literature Ambassador Writer's Life Writing
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What is an enchanted land? Does it have to be outside, like a forest or a wild-flower meadow, or can it be inside, like a kitchen in which a pie…

The Short Story: Opening Lines: A Perfect Day for Bananafish

Post author:Eryl
Post published:27/01/2020
Post category:How Fiction Works Writing
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‘There were ninety-seven New York advertising men in the hotel, and, the way they were monopolizing the long-distance lines, the girl in 507 had to wait from noon till almost…

An Apology, of Sorts

Post author:Eryl
Post published:18/11/2019
Post category:Writer's Life Writing
Post comments:2 Comments

I've put the following message on my Home page, but thought it worth putting in a blog post too, mostly because I don't suppose many people look at my Home…

Valtos Rocks

Research & Motivation (or is it the other way round?)

Post author:Eryl
Post published:27/05/2019
Post category:Literature Ambassador Weekend Post Wigtown Writer's Life
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I'm currently writing a novel about a shit-storm that ensues when a small Scottish community decides to buy the island it inhabits from the wealthy, always absent and appallingly neglectful,…

Literature Ambassador: Writer Opps: The Write Practice

Post author:Eryl
Post published:24/04/2019
Post category:Literature Ambassador Wednesday post Writer Opps
Post comments:2 Comments

Writer Opps Wednesday aims to bring you six new opportunities each week. But occasionally something comes to our attention that deserves a post all of its own, and that has…