Category: Blog

  • Christmas in July – Lisa’s

    Christmas in July – Lisa’s

    KSP Writer’s Centre A.K.A. The greatest writing centre in the world were having a literary dinner the evening of my Tuesday Writers Circle. So I made that our writing theme. Mum again wouldn’t write (because she is stubborn) and no one who wasn’t family came (because too many have met me). But triumphantly Tablet wrote,…

  • Things I am Trying to do.

    Things I am Trying to do.

    I was asked to do an interview, you can see it on the link below.  BTW while you are there make sure to read at least one other post, then I am sure you’ll subscribe. Autism Kids On Tour KSP News KSP After completing two short stories for last year’s Tuesday Writer’s Circle’s proposed anthology…

  • The Evil Plot Thickens or Thins or Something.

    The Evil Plot Thickens or Thins or Something.

    For those of you that are new to this blog, hi, welcome, it gets better I promise, and to old friends who may have forgotten, like me I’ve forgotten what I told you, although I don’t really consider myself a friend, I mean I have a truce but its not really observed all the time,…

  • KSP Exercise – POV

    KSP Exercise – POV

    I may have been ignoring my blog but I’ve still been facilitating at KSP Writers’ Centre.  Admittedly mostly Tabby and Alex but I believe technically there are considered people.  And they do pay, actually I pay.  That’s right I pay to boss about my own kids.  Actually thinking about it, they listen to me; money…

  • Anubis, Not the Famous One, the Cuddly One.

    Anubis, Not the Famous One, the Cuddly One.

    As promised pictures of the newest Holt. Thursday we went to Cat Haven (Cat Shelter) to look for a kitten.  I know before I have sworn off rescue pets because of the complicated household make up that the poor animal will have to adjust to.  Some years ago we adopted a beautiful Ragdoll X Freddy…

  • Exercising the Writing Muscles.

    Exercising the Writing Muscles.

    Yes the crazy characters at KSP Writing Centre are still letting me give real people exercises to do.  Here’s last week’s: To write about writing is such a drag The only thing worse is my facillitator’s nag Without a life of her own, she’s destroying mine! If I was asleep at home all would be…

  • KSP A Dialogue Exercise

    KSP A Dialogue Exercise

    Now don’t be silly!  This was a very sensible exercise to encourage us to improve our creativity by using predominantly dialogue to illustrate a specific scene.  Lisa – Lisa Wolstenholme, our facilitator and resident genius had a very specific scene in mind. That’s right! And the conversation was to be conducted by sheep. My piece.…

  • Spammed Again

    Spammed Again

    Okay, so my life has been over stuffed with things to do and crisises and sleeping and or staring into space while my mind went wandering off.  I wonder where it went, it won’t tell me because…  It won’t tell me that either.   I had indescribably huge numbers of emails and posts to read.…

  • 50 Word Fight

    50 Word Fight

    A mean person; not mentioning any names Lisa, told me to write some 50 word stories for a competition and then forgot to send me the link.  So it is up to you to judge me. Stop judging me !  Only joking, judge away! Fight! Ryan’s head hit tiles.  Sam, normally quiet, could devastate with…