philosomama

I usually prefer to start with bad news, and save something to look forward to, end on a high. But the bad news this time is kinda funny any...

Today is a scary day, because i've decided to write about something embarrassing. Something that i am ashamed of. Something that i may r...

I had a bit of an emotional time last week, post-summer blues and despair at how behind I feel with everything. The house seems to be slidin...

Well this blog has clearly been floundering of late. Six months with no new posts. That seems like a bad thing. It's not all bad news th...

As in, you have to be a bit weird to do it, I think. And before you think I'm being ablist, I'm using 'insane' in its reclai...

Well it's been an eventful september. I got the book draft in, by the skin of my teeth. And my divorce just got finalised too. If I can ...

Let me know if you're willing to comment on the draft for me! Here's the outline:

It occurred to me recently that in this 'How to finish a book' series I've tended to write mostly when I'm feeling negative ...

I read this beautiful article recently about how a tree's form tells the story of its individual past. Drought years baked in as narrow...

So another 65 days passed. And did I 'slay the beast' that I was 'hellbent' on slaying, AKA chapter 3? I did not.  Reader, I...

It's wednesday. I'm having one of those grey, lack-lustre weeks where the sky is full of sleet, my cats have become incontinent, and...

 It's been too long since my last progress report. The schedule went a bit off-piste thanks to Christmas, dry January, my standard cogni...

and inside Ellen's house,  was an orgy of late-night writing, amidst mess, noodle pots, and empty bottles of famous grouse.

72 days......that's 2.4 months. How much is a respectable amount to have written in 2.4 months? How much was I planning to have written ...

Reader, this is the trouble with public commitment devices.....they can be embarrassing. I was so determined to finish this chapter that i...

Bumping this from 2014 . My husband visited his family in Northern Italy last week, so now he is following UK government advice and has put ...

I have managed only one post in the last ten months. That makes me sad. While i would love to write a long post explaining why, i have only ...

Never ever let your baby hear you say that things are going well. They will make you pay for it. Wow did that last post come back to bite me...

Okay, now the little lady is having her lunch, let's try again (with one hand). What's it like having a three year old and a thr...

What is it like having a second child arriving into the family? I would tell you, but I don't have time. No really, baby just woke u...