Some years ago I took an Open University Degree course in geology and earth sciences. It was in the early years of the internet but the OU had, by then, started to […]
MOOCs, Modems and Independence
Kindling Obsession

It’s been a week of obsession for me – obsession with numbers–download statistics to be precise. What We Didn’t Say went live on Kindle last Sunday and I put it straight into […]
Pushing the Ogre Off the Corner of my Desk
For someone who has turned the act of self-berating into something of an art form, I’m feeling a little more pleased with myself than I’m used to at the end of this […]
I’ve been working on my writer development programme submission this week and am happy to say it’s ready to go. Then begins the wait which is always the worst part. At the […]
The Curate’s Egg & The Gift of This Day

It’s been a curate’s egg kind of a week for me on the whole–good and bad in parts. The #mywritingprocess blog hop has been a really enjoyable thing to be a part […]