Some time ago Tackling some long-g-g-g overdue admin tasks included clearing out a file dated 2010.…
Anne Stenhouse
Re-reading is such a Pleasure
City of Discoveries Gathering momentum towards the final resolutions, City of Discoveries has been a joy…
Diary of a Writer – April Prompt
London Will this edited photo of me, taken by my Uni friend, Miranda Kennet, inspire anyone?…
A Second Life
City of Discoveries Re-running on the People’s Friend website is my anniversary serial set in Dundee…
ROUND ROBIN – February
Describe a flawed character you might use as a heroine or hero in a story. How…
And – on to the next?
Hold it! Are there persistent ideas easing their way into your brain? Is there one in…
Diary of a Writer February Prompt
RBGE Coming up for Valentine’s Day and do I have a romantic notion in my head?…
Round Robin – Writing of the Pandemic
:Thanks to Connie Vines for this month’s topic. How are you dealing with the COVID pandemic…
It’s in the Jar
A Quality Product Not these jars – well, probably some of these jars as the actual…
Diary of a Writer – January 2022 Prompt
At a summer event So few of us attended any sizeable events in 2021, I thought…
ROUND ROBIN – DECEMBER
How do your family experiences translate into writing scenes? Rhobin has asked. Good question but difficult…
A CHRISTMAS TALE: Warning – SENTIMENTAL
Christmas? Not this year, thank you. DEAR GRANNY NUISANCE By ANNE STENHOUSE © “Sean,” Caro said.…
ROUND ROBIN – THAT FLAWED OR EVIL CHARACTER
Maybe it’s a follow-on from the Hallowe’en mindset but in November Rhobin has asked us about…
DIARY OF A WRITER
DIARY OF A WRITER – NOVEMBER PROMPT – A DEBT FOR ROSALIE, ULVERSCROFT When my mum…
HALLOWE’EN ROUND ROBIN
Little Cook Hallowe’en Decor – October 2021 – Athens This is another month when I haven’t…
Coping Mechanisms 9 – A Wee Holiday
A Bastide town We booked it eons ago, cancelled it, moved it, re-booked it. At last,…
SEPTEMBER ROUND ROBIN – Other Genres apart from fiction
Having been away from base this last week I didn’t write a blog on September’s subject,…
Diary of a Writer – September Prompt
Illustration – Gerard Fay Nothing succeeds like success and that mantra is no different for me…
Coping Mechanisms – 8 – In a Theatre
Theatre Dublin We’ve all been waiting for something: meeting new babies, old friends; eating out in…
Round Robin – August 2021
Do you have any character habits or favourite words that always crop up in your writing?…
Wednesdays are People’s Friend days
Regular readers know that I’ve spent a lot of the last year working on a major…
Diary of a Writer – August Prompt
Clachtoll Rangers’ Hut – Now repaired Back on Saturday from a week in Assynt. All much…
Round Robin – dropped stitches/scenes
Deleting scenes: Do you ever delete scenes? When and why do you delete them? And what…
Diary of a Writer – July Prompt
Ready for the RNA Gala dinner July is the month of the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s annual…
Special Offer from my publishers: Lume Books
for a limited period, Courting the Countess is offered at 99p/$1.38 Lady Melissa Pateley is not…