So- I have had a very long absense from WordPress. I started a full time job as a support worker at a homelessness charity back in August and consequently my extra curicular activities have been somewhat side-lined. I’m gradually getting used to the new pace of life though, and so hope to get back into…… Continue reading Check in- Wednesday 1st November 2017
So, as the title says- it’s been a good Tuesday. I’m slightly regretting pushing it so hard at the gym though, as I’m doing an outreach shift tonight so probably won’t get to bed before 1am. My legs are already beginning to feel a little bit stiff, and I have a feeling I’m gonna need a…… Continue reading Back on the book, burning 850 calories and doing an outreach shift- a highly productive Tuesday
So, after a slow start and howls of writers-block frustration yesterday morning I ended up having an extremely productive day.. go figure. If you’d told me, 36 hours ago, that it was all going to be OK, and the day was going to be a good one, I probably would have snapped in your face…… Continue reading 100 followers! And the book is coming along nicely..
Trying to write when the words will not come. Trying to clutch at the phrases which elusively flit through your consciousness and teasingly shimmer in front of your minds eye, but refuse to submit; refuse to be ordered and arranged. Instead, these words flit and float and dance, safe in their interior, safe in their…… Continue reading Writers blocked- like a fish on dry land
This weekend has been a bit of a tense one. Ru and I have been laying low at mine and trying to get some significant work done. He has decided to opt out of writing all together, and instead take a bit of a break and focus on map making; and I have been sitting…… Continue reading Pulling teeth, or in other words- Writing a book
As anyone who has read any of my previous posts will know, I am currently writing a self-help book on “how to recover from severe mental illness,” such as schizophrenia, bi-polar, or any other condition which creates the delusions and psychosis capable of taking you to an apparently different planet for a period of time.…… Continue reading If Matt Haig wrote “Reasons to stay alive,” then I am writing “HOW to stay alive…”
Mad new world 