Once upon a time there was a Christmas bauble that lived upstairs in the attic of a grandma’s old stone cottage. He was a very jolly bauble and spent most of the year in the big box of Christmas decorations with all his friends: the tinsel, the candles, the coloured lights, the other baubles and… Continue reading The Jolly Bauble – A Children’s Tale
Anstice Brown, author, and Boston Book Festival (UK)
That first cup of coffee, when I’m straightening my pencils, is the best of the day. My creative writing muse likes to start early and clock off at lunchtime. My characters trust me to keep their secrets. How foolish of them. My supporting characters are troublesome and always seeking the limelight I have writers’ OCD.… Continue reading Eight things I’ve discovered while working on my WIP (Work in Progress).
I’m standing looking at Katherine Mansfield’s birthplace in Tinakori Road in Wellington. https://www.katherinemansfield.com/ I go in and buy some cards for my daughter in law and have a look around. I really cannot say there is anything materially inspiring, but the walls hold her story which makes the place special to me. I am, so to speak,… Continue reading Musings on a visit to Katherine Mansfield’s childhood home in Wellington, New Zealand
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