The Bloggery

I’ve had some good teachers – in drawing, singing, running a business. Every time I find a good teacher, it reminds me of the differen...

A hefty flavour burst of preserved lemon, artichokes, olives, garlic, ginger, turmeric and fresh coriander, all vibrant and zesty. Glute...

Just as my students start to compare notes on an activity, I can hear the comments:     “Okay, so this is awful.”     “I’ve probably do...

In The Restaurant at the End of the Universe , Douglas Adams describes an overcrowded planet whose inhabitants decided to relocate. The...

    Roasted aubergine halves stuffed with mozzarella and breadcrumbs, topped with a parsley garlic and cheese crust, baked in a sea of toma...

When I wrote Word Count Is Like Paint , I realised that however sound the advice was, it would leave my younger self stranded. After al...

To whet your appetite for the Sexy Scenes workshop , December's online weekend workshop, I've got a delicious writing skill for y...

Say a novel is 90,000 words and you have three writing evenings a fortnight. Two of those fortnights you’re on holiday, so call it 24 for...

Ahead of the GETTING ROMANTIC online weekend workshop, I've got a brace of free Writing Skills lined up for you, to get your pen mov...

To launch the online GETTING ROMANTIC workshop, I've got a brace of free Writing Skills lined up for you, to get your pen moving and...

  To whet your appetite for the Writing in Style course, I've got a brace of delicious quickie Writing Skills for you: ten-minute a...

To whet your appetite for the Writing in Style course, I've got a brace of delicious quickie Writing Skills for you: ten-minute activ...

When you think about your writing style, it’s easy to feel caught between an amorphous blue cloud – a sense of self, unrealised or indefi...

    Roast Butternut with chorizo or halloumi, goats cheese, toasted walnuts, and mint on a bed of greens Veggie / Vegan / Omnivore | Glute...