Ten Penny Dreams | Writes. Reads. Wanders. Dreams.

Every time I visit the library, I tell myself it’s only to drop off my returns, or have a quick browse through the stacks.
I tell myself that there isn’t much of interest in my local branch, and I’ve probably already read those books that are to my taste....

You don’t have to have a big dream.
Stop trying to do everything, all the time. It’s okay to go easy on yourself sometimes.
One novelist talks about how success came when she started to write for herself and not her audience.

After a slightly dreary summer, hubby and I decided to book a beach holiday – our first for several years – and catch some winter sun.
We looked at hotels in Turkey and Greece, debating about how much money we wanted to spend. Since the travel bug has bitten, I was adamant that I wanted to visit somewhere new....

As a writer, it helps a lot that I’m also an endless wonderer.
I get absorbed by random thoughts and concepts and like to follow them through, imagining how a certain scenario might play out and how it might affect the people involved.
This is how a new story is born....