Tag: Writing

List of Phobias

A list of phobias with a brief description of each one. Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing. Acarophobia- Fear of itching or of the insects […]

16th January 2023

NaNoWriMo 2023

For years I’ve always found the thought of NaNoWriMo quite intimidating and was put off by the sheer amount of words that have to be […]

11th January 2023

Words To Use More Often

Just some of my favourite words! lovely proper beautiful swell absurd flawless unique precious hullabaloo scrumptious dandy squabble secure contemplate audacity lousy embrace likely inflection […]

1st January 2023

Margaret Atwood’s Ten Rules

Take a pencil to write with on aeroplanes. Pens leak. But if the pencil breaks, you can’t sharpen it on the plane, because you can’t […]

13th December 2022

Questions To Ask About Magic

When thinking about adding magic to your world building, these are some questions to ask Who has it? Who can use it? Where does it […]

16th November 2022

Slow Blogging

I was again starting to plan out an aggressive timetable of blog and social media posts to help me become a ‘successful’ blogger with a […]

28th August 2022

Essence of the North

What is the “Essence of the North?” That is what is being asked by The Northerner Blog in the Guardian today. They are asking for […]

29th July 2022

Father Knox’s Decalogue

The Ten Rules of (Golden Age) Detective Fiction Monsignor Ronald A. Knox (1888-1957) was a British clergyman, editor, a literary critic, a humourist and a […]

16th May 2022