Some of you may remember the Meet the Writer online challenge from 2023. When I saw Beth Kempton promoting this year's challenge, I was excited to see what topics came up.
Here's the first of 3 instalments.
Day 1/15- VIEW
Today is Day One of this year's Meet The Writer event with 15 daily prompts from Beth Kempton.
View.... when I'm writing indoors this is the view of my desk. Cluttered but cosy. My desk is in the corner of the living room so there's usually a cat or two for company. In summer I enjoy writing outdoors in the sun but it's January and it's cold and damp and dark so no view of that space today
Day 2/15 CATALYST
I can't remember not writing. As soon as I could write a sentence, I was off and scribbling. I've mentioned before that writing has always been a coping mechanism for me. I wrote through high school to escape from persistent bullying. I've journaled extensively for the past 3/4 years as my key coping mechanism through first Lockdown then George's illness. Writing fiction is like oxygen to me. I need to be lost in my book babies. Over the years they have proved to be a therapeutic escape from reality. Long may that continue...
Day 3/15....HANDWRITING
I write everything out longhand. I journal longhand. I write far quicker than I type. Do I like my own handwriting? Yes but a lot of folk struggle to read it. I love a nice pen, preferably with purple ink. I'm a sucker for pens… and notebooks. Yes I have several of those that are "too good to use"
Day 4/15 - RITUAL
Even although I am a complete creature of habit, I don't really have any rituals associated with my writing. I have routines. Every night before I go to bed, I sit and write my diary entry for the day.
When I am buying notebooks to write future book babies in, I always buy 5 of each. Each novel so far has run to 4/5 notepads and I like them to match.
If my writing isn't flowing as well as I'd like with my manuscripts, I will occasionally change to writing with a different pen in a different colour of ink to see if that flows better....it usually does.
Day 5/15 - COMPANIONS
My companions while I am writing tend to be feline rather than literary. I am the human slave to four spoiled furry boys. Let's be honest- the cat has done an awesome job at domestication with their humans 
I do write near to my bookshelves so you could argue that all my favourite authors are just over my shoulder.
When I'm writing, the books I tend to dip into most often are usually my own as I search for particular scenes to ensure I maintain continuity.
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