Author Archives: vanessa

Let’s call it a sabbatical, shall we?

Posted on August 8, 2016 by vanessa

Let’s face it, I’m never going to be one of those bloggers with an editorial calendar and posts scheduled and planned to the nth degree, but I am disappointed that after months of assiduous blogging I’ve let things slide completely … Continue reading →

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Life Lately…

Posted on May 30, 2016 by vanessa

May has been a bit of a blur what with the house being on the market, The Son’s GCSE exams, more paperwork for house purchases to work through, and trying to get more writing done. However… We’ve sold our house … Continue reading →

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April’s writing…

Posted on May 2, 2016 by vanessa

Looking back, I seem to spend a lot of these monthly round-up posts justifying why I haven’t written as much as I should or would have liked to. There’s always something, whether that’s family dramas, crises of confidence, sheer bone-idleness … Continue reading →

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Life lately…

Posted on April 27, 2016 by vanessa

Life lately has been so busy. We were idly thinking about moving house but couldn’t find anything that worked for us and at heart we were reluctant to leave the neighbourhood where we live. The Colonies are a lovely place; … Continue reading →

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What I worry about when I worry about writing

Posted on April 12, 2016 by vanessa

The worries I have about my novel are a random selection of middle-of-the-night mental rabbit-holes that my imagination plunges down. Oddly, unlike the myriad worries listed by Susannah Felts in this great post on Lithub, my night-time panics aren’t so … Continue reading →

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