My thoughts about books, writing, life and so many other things….Judy Leigh/ Elena Collins.
A few weeks ago, I blogged about an audio play that was recorded in my living room. It was no amateur jaunt though. Many of the cast had performed before, in various plays on stage and screen, and the writer is a gifted professional with several published books to her credit. We recorded the play …
I have to share this with you. I had some great fun the other weekend. A friend wrote a radio play, a comedy full of zany characters, and she wanted to record it. Her intention was to do a quality demo that might one day land on the desk of someone of influence, who’d recognise …
I’ve been writing and editing pretty much non-stop since the new year, and the index finger still hasn’t healed properly. Not that I’m complaining – being an author is just the best thing. But balance is important and I’ve made sure that I’ve taken time out to rest a bit. (The football has been impressive!) …
Tom Hardy the actor embodies what I love about all arts....
I was asked by a local reading group to discuss my novel The Witch’s Tree (Elena Collins) at one of their meetings. I accepted immediately. Not only is it always a wonderful opportunity to talk about books, but the fact that everyone had taken the trouble to read The Witch’s Tree and wanted to chat …
Continue reading Meeting a local reading group. Friendship, Community and The Classics
Are the male protagonists in romance novels too good to be true? Or is it possible to take them into our hearts?
My blog post is in praise of local writing groups. I can't recommend mine highly enough. And a short story. that I wrote for my last group...
It’s interesting to think about talented people and to stop for a moment and really take in just how good they are, in terms of their skills being so much more than what we know as average. I often use myself as the average against which to compare others, but in many ways, I don’t …
Continue reading The treasure inside the nutshell: talent that goes unnoticed.
I have a friend who claims to have completely cured her arthritis by swimming in the sea, whatever the weather. Her pains completely disappeared, and she swore that it was because she immersed herself regularly in freezing water. I recently saw British athlete Mo Farah and Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo do something similar on TV, …
Continue reading The immersion technique – it’s one way to write your next novel…
Once a week, on a Wednesday, I appear on a community radio show, 'CakEhole with Julie Mullen,' and we talk about all things to do with novels and writing for fifteen minutes. It is one of the highlights of my week as Julie is so much fun to chat with. Based on our conversations, I …
That quintessence of dust 