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  #WritersCoffeeClub – 18th Sept. Share a word you've used only to learn later you were pronouncing or using it wrong. Can’t think of one. But I do have a favourite word that I like writing – adamant – not sure why, think it’s all those ‘a’s flowing nicely along.

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  #ScribesAndMakers – 8th Aug. Polymorphous? As an author? I’ve written a couple of books with shape changing – wolf shifters, vampires. As a person? Not physically but mental, being neurodivergent I use multiple personalities depending on who I deal with the outside world when I have to face people ‘in the flesh’ so to speak.

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  #ScribesAndMakers – 6th Aug. Tell us about a drummer whose work you appreciate. Not sure there is a particular one. I did date a drummer years ago who was very talented and taught as well as played in well-known Aussie bands.

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  #WritersCoffeeClub – 6th Aug. What sort of collectives appear in your work? Mm… One book has UK police detectives, while another had Australian police force. In series I’ve had members of a BDSM club, another had immortal vampire hunters – both sort of collectives…lol

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  #ScribesAndMakers - 27th. What's your favorite woodwind? A saxophone playing Jazz.

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  #WritersCoffeeClub – 28th Jun. Can a reader ever truly feel what a writer felt while writing? Probably not – I tend to feel confident, frantic, hohum, depressed, excited…etc, etc. And that just with the first sentence.

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  #ScribesAndMakers – 28th Jun. Aside from obligations, what are your biggest distractions from your creative work? Reading books – my TBR is enormous (but I still keep re-reading old favourites).

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  #ScribesAndMakers – 29th Jun. Share the last line of dialogue you wrote (context optional). ‟It is you, isn’t it.” It wasn’t a question.

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  #WritersCoffeeClub – 29th Jun. Is writing a lonely endeavour for you? Definitely not – it’s my preference to be/live alone. Anyway my always-vocal characters live with me

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  #WritersCoffeeClub – 30th Jun. How did this month go for you? Started off blah but ended good.

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  #ScribesAndMakers – 1st Jul. Our featured creator is a former librarian. What has been your experience with libraries? Back in my high school days in the early 60s, I would often call into the library on the way home, then get caught up in the books. Yep, I often missed my train home.

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  #WritersCoffeeClub – 1st Jul. Recently, how excited have you been to sit down to write? Had a major stumbling block but after a ‘eureka’ moment I’ve rewritten most of the main plot. That was exciting for me 🤣

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  #ScribesAndMakers #TTMD – 2nd Jul. Talk To Me Day Featured Creator Elyse Grasso @ElyseMGrasso Happy birthday! What was your inspiration for writing your book series?

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  #WritersCoffeeClub – 2nd Jul. What are the limits of critique? Is there a limit? I guess if it becomes nasty or so long-winded.

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  #WritersCoffeeClub – 3rd Jul. What's the sign of a good critique? Positive insight into the story with honest, well-written critiques – not disparaging.

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  #ScribesAndMakers – 30th Jun. Choose an adjective to describe how you're feeling about your creativity going into next month. Optimistic

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  #WritersCoffeeClub - 1st May. Workers' Day: What can we do to support and protect other writers, not only now, but in the future as well? Refuse books (& covers) written using AI. Write reviews of books you enjoy. Don't download from 'free' pirate sites.

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  #WritersCoffeeClub - 30 Mar. What got in the way of your writing this month? Grief. I lost my doggy last month. In a week he went from a crazy, bouncy 3 year old to dying of kidney cancer. This month each time I opened a WIP nothing came. I simply stared at the computer. Maybe next month.

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  ⁨#ScribesAndMakers⁩ - 30 Mar. Do birds ever feature in your work? Give an example. Nope, other animals have but no birds.

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  #ScribesAndMakers – 1st Apr. How many creative projects do you have going right now? Writing – 7 Knitting – um…er…let’s just say ‘a lot’. Painting – 2 watercolour, 1 oil.

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  #WritersCoffeeClub – 1st Apr. What arrangement of plots do you have? No plot? Only one? A main plot and a side plot? Something else? Plots?? What are these strange things? Nope – I just do what I’m told by the characters.

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  #ScribesAndMakers - 2 Apr. What does impostor syndrome mean to you and do you think you have it? Your're not good enough, you don't fit, you're just pretending. Stop saying you're a proper author. I had it when I first began writing. I had to give myself a good talking to. It was obvious I must be a genuine author. There is no way publishers would accept shitty MS's. After half a dozen books I think I had that Eureka moment....lol

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  #WritersCoffeeClub - 2nd Apr. Visual presentation: how do white space and typography become meaningful elements of literary form? Beats me, I let my publisher worry about that.

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  #WritersCoffeeClub - 3rd Apr. Have you studied writing? Did it prepare you, or did you learn more by doing? Only studying I in did was English lessons back at school in the 50s & early 60s.

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  #ScribesAndMakers - 3rd Apr. Do you think there is a creative element to eating? Maybe actual cooking is creative. Don't see anything creative in eating unless you consider the creative element of biology. The use of food as fuel to create bodies.

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  #ScribesAndMakers - 4th Apr. How do you answer if someone asks you what you do? Is your answer different in person than it is online? Nope - same answer to either.

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  #ScribesAndMakers - 5th Apr. Could you do a scrapbook accompanying your current creative process? Probably - but why?

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  #writersCoffeeClub - 5th Apr. How can the physical form of the writing become part of the storytelling? Beats me...

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  #WritersCoffeeClub - 6th Apr. 6. Do the plots or characters in your work converge towards a single point? Probably bit weird if it didn't - I write romance with a HEA.

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  #ScribesAndMakers – 6th Apr. Some people have creative work inspired by their dreams. Have you ever had dreams inspired by your creative work? Certainly. I wrote a series that actually started from a dream I had. And I often can solve writing ‘road blocks’ in my sleep.