I am late posting on the blog this week, and there are a few reasons for
it. The main one is that I simply didn’t know what to write. I could very
easily try and promote one of my novels or my Redcliffe series, but I’m bored of that. This is my space to be
creative, and truthfully, I have lots of ideas for writing. I just need to sit
down and get started, rather than distract myself with other duties. So that is
what I’m doing today, in between those other duties.
Just as I was trying to decide on a subject for today’s blog post, I opened
a drawer and found a couple of very old notebooks. Indeed, I had forgotten
about one of them, and the other I had been searching for and couldn’t locate. It
was in the same drawer I had already searched, but hidden underneath another
notebook, and this one is very battered and well worn. But it is full of ideas.
I had this notebook before my children were born, and I would jot down little
snippets of writing inspiration to be used in the future. Well, now it’s the
future, so maybe I should use them!
Here is a note that confused me: A
view over Cardiff from a modern hotel window or the roof of a tall, historic
building. It is early morning just before dawn, and the city is quiet, with
electric lights reflecting off the river. It is romantic at this time, before
the start of a busy working day in the human world. Now, I haven’t visited
Cardiff before, but I have visited lots of beautiful places in Wales, and maybe
this inspiration came from Manchester and I just changed the city. Who knows?
But it is there, and perhaps I will incorporate it into a novel. There are
hints of it in my upcoming novel Hunting the Hunted (currently with
agents). I wonder what other gems I will find in this battered old notebook?
The possibilities are endless!
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