Squidge's Scribbles

I've mentioned my 'little' non-fiction project a couple of times, and that I've signed a contract for it with Bink. I reckon...

 Goodness - HOW long since I wrote a blog post?!  Well, here's one just to bring you up to speed on what's been happening since the ...

As every author knows, you often end up with multiple versions of a novel's manuscript on your computer. Mine go something like this; Ve...

I was in two minds about posting this, because it deals with a rough time recently which resulted in a few issues around the publication of ...

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...

You've heard of A Tale of Two Cities? This is A Blog in Two Halves... This morning, I finished the first handwritten edit of Tilda 3. ...

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...

I decided to have a go at NaNoWriMo this year to work on Tilda 3, and get the first draft up on computer. Previously, I've done NaNoE...

I have been extremely quiet on the blogging front - again. I last posted when I finished Camp NanoEdMo, and had a completed edit of the curr...

It's official! I am a winner - apparently. Here's the update if you don't believe me... 16/4  - 173 17/4 - 0 18/4 - 1...

Well, things have been a bit up-and-down over the past few days. Had another no writing day, a very low word day, then a couple of good days...

Camp update: 7/4/19 - 3256 8/4/19 - 2754 9/4/19 - 1167 10/4/19 - 0 (Zero. Nada. Nowt) 11/4/19 - 6456 Total words edited to date: ...

So the 'update every day on the blog' thing isn't working... it's working out as every few days instead. But I'm st...

I forgot to update yesterday... I had a cold and was feeling a bit rubbish, then a quarter of one of my teeth broke off. So I was not in a h...

I mentioned the other day that I'm doing Camp NaNoWriMo as Camp NaNoEdMo this month. I'd already started working on the edit o...

Wolves and Apples is a programme of support for aspiring children's writers, managed by Mantle Arts , which includes conferences, master...

I've been working on the second book of a series - working title The Black Diamond - and I suddenly realised how much I'm editing my...

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 ...

I've been working on Rurik since the summer. I think I might have mentioned in previous blogs that I'm changing 'he' to a ...

I've an excuse for being a bit quiet on the blog recently - the next round of edits arrived for Kingstone , so I've been working thr...