Writing

The best-laid plans…

Caroline GardamComments Off on The best-laid plans…

Yesterday, I cracked it. The 20,000 word mark. And a suspenseful, cracking chapter end, even if I do say so myself. It was the first day back writing, kids at school. Super energised to continue in the same mode for months AND MONTHS AND MONTHS…

Today, I have my youngest home with me after we were up all night nursing his flu. I can’t even manage to figure out how to re-instate the sidebar when this site is viewed in Firefox, let alone continue the GAN.

Oh, the pain.

A little like this
west end Writing

Wordsmithery

Caroline Gardam

  At this delightful soiree a few weeks ago, mid-anecdote, I was whacked with one of those personal life realisations: not quite an epiphany but probably not far off. It was a fabulous shindig: a local landscaper, nursery owner, and all-round bon vivant threw a party to celebrate his premises expanding from the heritage brick […]
Books Everyday Writing

Two, new reviews.

Caroline Gardam

I’ve been a little slow in getting these up, but here are a couple more reviews. Today I added a review of Panic, by David Marr, which (being the diligent lefty urbanite that I am) I enjoyed, in the main. The other review is of a book called Lady Almina and the Story of the Real […]
Writing

From the dusty vault…

Caroline Gardam

…in the spare room, covered in cockroach crap, I found a stack of old work from around the turn of the millennium. I uploaded this one for fun (and in utter self-indulgence). I’d forgotten all about it; I’d forgotten how satisfying it was to write. And I’d forgotten exactly how much I despised Sex and […]