A week in the making

https://78.media.tumblr.com/3e3b946894992180180335b95247d154/tumblr_n2lew0Kr0Q1sh0yuao1_500.gif Sometimes, a week really isn’t long enough. For us, we could say that we needed longer to sit down and sort out everything. And to some degree that’s right, but on the other hand? This week has been incredible for us, where we have had a week to focus on what we want out …

“A rose by any other name is still a rose…”

Names are fickle things. Sometimes we like them, sometimes we don’t. Sometimes we’ll go by different names to our given ones. Names that have stuck since childhood, middle names and other such things. As writers, we give our characters names breathing life into them. They’re the things that identify them, making them who they are. …

Patience

Patience is a virtue, and if I’m quite honest it’s not always one of mine. But there are times where I’ve had to learn patience, to deal with things the way that they are or to find other solutions around it. One of the things, in particular, I’ve had to be patient with is a …

Brains!

The first blip of the year has been made and out of the two of us, it could only be me. Last week we were so engrossed in what we were doing, that the blog post was pushed to the far end of my brain. It resurfaced late in the evening, but by then I …

Fairy Dust

There are times when Charlotte and I get into a rut. And at those times, we need something almost astronomical to come out of the woodwork and bite us. Going ‘HEY THERE! REMEMBER US?!” At which point we have a moment of “oh my god, look at what we can do”. The problem is, we …

Resolutions

You know how it goes. New Year, new start, new beginnings. We make all of those resolutions and for the first week of January (if we’re lucky!) we manage to keep them. But, from there on out over time those good intentions slowly start to go out of the window … and before we know …

It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas …

Christmas is coming! It’s coming around the corner faster than I’m preparing for it and before we know it it’ll be here and we’ll be indulging and celebrating in all of the festivities that go alongside of it. Today is the day when the decorations go up, the tree is standing in the corner in …

Books, books, glorious books!

I like to think that I’m an experienced reader. I grew up in a household where if you had the choice between watching television or a film or reading a book, the books won every time. And if it wasn’t books, it would be story telling competitions that would go on between my brother and …

Silence is … golden?

The problem with characters is that sometimes they won’t tell you what’s wrong. They go from talking, talking and talking to sudden silence and leave you wondering …. what happened to create such a dramatic shift. Sometimes it’s something that we’ve done or said as writers that makes them go quiet, and at other points …

Good Intentions

Good intentions are a great way to start a week. Or a weekend really. I'm going to do this, I'm going to do that, and I mustn't forget to do that other thing. Really good intentions, and I'm feeling it, and wanting to get to work... and then show time. What starts off as an …