At a time of year like this, as the clocks turn back and the nights draw in, and the owls and bats and witches come out to hoot and flutter and haunt on Halloween night, my mind is full of the concept of mortality. Actually, that’s not quite true. I mean, yes, my mind is [...]
Before going any further, full disclosure. If you’re someone who hated your schooldays and never wants to be reminded of them, then maybe this blog post isn’t for you. But on the other hand, why not give it a go? My own schooldays weren’t exactly plain sailing – there were some pretty grim experiences, some [...]
Hello, fellow readers, writers and bloggers! As any writer will tell you, there’s nothing better for inspiration and motivation than a bloody good, heart-warming review. And I've had several lately, thanks to the 'blog tour' journey that my novel, Infinite Stranger, recently underwent. For the unenlightened, a blog tour is when passionate readers who are [...]
To have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part… No doubt you recognise those timeless words. Perhaps you recited them at your wedding, or heard them recited at someone else’s wedding. But [...]
For those of you who read my last blog post about the tragedy of my beloved piano, I have a happy update. 😊 Yes, paradise has indeed been regained! Thank you, Sir Milton, for lending me those pertinent words, even if they are almost four hundred years old. And talking of pertinent words from the [...]
Probably everyone who’s reading this post will have experienced some kind of loss by now, whether it be for a beloved pet, a close relative, a friend, a partner, or another type of loss entirely. Like everything in life, there are various gradations of sorrow. I was eighteen when my grandmother died. It was a [...]
Having just finished an inspiring course on “The Literary Agent” with Curtis Brown Creative (CBC), my heart is singing with elevator pitches! Have you heard of those things? You haven’t? Honestly? But … I mean, how can anyone live their whole life without an elevator pitch? I’m being serious here. Okay, more on the pesky [...]
Wendy Skorupski 