Squidge's Scribbles

To all the wonderful followers and readers of the Scribbles, Thank you SO much for travelling with me so far in my blogging journey here at ...

Life is still very up and down, isn't it? I've taken to posting my daily positives on facebook, because otherwise it's very ea...

So...the world's a very different place at the moment. COVID-19 is affecting all of us in different ways, but it is significantly changi...

I've been forced recently to question whether I do enough to market my own books; I've had some really disappointing sales figures. ...

Delighted to be guest blogging over at The Writer's Cookbook today, with my top tips for running a writing workshop for children. Chec...

For most of the time, writing can feel like an uphill slog. You simply have to keep your bum in the seat and your pen in your hand (or finge...

Anyone popping into the Scribbles over the last few months could be forgiven for thinking I've dropped off the radar. To some extent, th...

No, I've not disappeared off the face of the earth. I've been super busy, and as a result I know I've been neglecting the Sc...

A short while ago, I posted a brief mention of my new web-based writing community - Den of Writers - following the demise of the wonderful ...

I've been having some issues with the plot of my WIP - working title Black Diamond - recently. Even given that it's been too hot to ...

There's a saying 'When life gives you lemons, make lemonade', but sometimes it's difficult to focus on the lemonade rather t...

Writing news first... I've finished Rurik-Reeka-Tilda. Hooray! It's taken me almost ten years to really get to grips with this sto...

I am an author. I write. But I'm not very disciplined, so I write when I can in the day, and try to write every day, even if it's ...

HAPPY NEW YEAR  to every reader of the Scribbles, wherever you might be in the world. Whatever you left behind in 2017, may you be able t...

I'd not heard of Bookcrossing . Well, not until a few months ago, when someone tagged me in a facebook post asking for local authors w...

I've not written a blog for weeks. Sorry. Not because I'm deserting the blog, but you know sometimes, life just seems to get ...

Sorry I've been a bit quiet on the old blogging front - been a bit preoccupied recently! I last blogged about our kitchen refit here ....

Blogs have been few and far between in the last month or so - I seem to have gotten very much out of the habit. It does appear that, when my...

No, I've not been kidnapped by aliens or tied myself up with tinsel or given up writing...but blogging posts are definitely a bit thin o...

So the Scribbles have been a little quiet in the last two weeks as I've been recovering from the chest infection. Thank goodness, I...