Friday, 7 December 2018

Rock picking in scotland

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One of my favourite passtimes is to go out into this fabulous wilderness that surrounds me and retrieve mineral samples. This started...
Tuesday, 27 November 2018

Edelweiss; Dark Science, part one: the Bits that didn't make the Book

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The Edelweiss bin... a free photo the photographer gave me... SPOILER ALERT So I am currently huddled up on my sofa choked with the co...
Thursday, 15 November 2018

Writing Your Novel: Avoiding Procrastination

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procrastination /prə(ʊ)ˌkrastɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/ noun noun: procrastination ; plural noun: procrastinations                              ...
Monday, 5 November 2018

Writing a Novel: Character Building (not in the fun way)

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This week I want to talk a bit more about character because it seems like a natural next step from the planning blog I wrote last week. Plan...
Thursday, 1 November 2018

Writing a Novel: Planning

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Writing a novel is easy (said nobody. Ever.). You sit at the computer and you tear your hair out for about a year - but let's face it, ...
Thursday, 25 October 2018

An Introduction to Gold Panning in Wanlockhead, Scotland

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Kai enjoying the sun As the 2018 season draws to a close and the mining museum shuts its doors for the winter; now is a good time to...
Saturday, 20 October 2018

Writing Edelweiss; Dark Science, part one.

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So the time has come for the obligatory "this is how I wrote my first book" blog post. I apologise in advance to those who show up...
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