So what is a commonplace book? Well, it’s kind of like the bullet journal’s much less hyped distant cousin. It’s not a productivity tool, more of a writing-based scrapbook. A place to collect the wit and wisdom that you’d usually stumble across and think, ‘that’s great, I must make a note of that’ only to […]
Practicalities of Writing
Brilliant Books to Read if You Want to be a Better Writer
You want to be a better writer. But there are masses of books about writing and creativity out there. (A quick search on Amazon.co.uk shows over half a million results for books on writing, and over 30,000 on creativity.) Some are motivating, helpful and wise, and others are long-winded, dreary and humour-free. So here are […]
When Location Rebellion Goes Bad
In which our writer heroine perches on a huge, wobbly pilates ball and finds she can’t think of anything except falling off it. The best thing about being a freelance writer is that I can work from pretty much anywhere. Yup, I’m a location rebel. All I need is a reasonable internet connection and my […]