Alex Gutteridge's Blog, page 11
February 15, 2014
Beautiful Tables and Cheerful Chicken Placemats...
I like visiting stately homes and one of my favourite rooms is always the dining room, especially if the table is beautifully laid. The dining room at Chartwell, Winston Churchill's house in Kent, is one that lingers in my memory. It has beautiful green coloured curtains draped around arched windows. The light is exquisite and the table and chairs are so inviting. Another lovely dining room is at Sandringham, the Queen's house in Norfolk. Again there are long windows letti...
February 12, 2014
February 7, 2014
Tips for Getting Started with Writing your Book
'The Beginning is the Most Important Part of the Work'Plato
In the garden there are signs of new beginnings all around.
My back garden faces north and also has to contend with an unkind westerly wind for much of the time, so plants can be a little slow to get going. This means I have to be patient. And so it is with beginnings of stories. Sometimes the process of starting is so scary that we delay or even dismiss attempting to write anything. Sometimes, whe...
In the garden there are signs of new beginnings all around.
My back garden faces north and also has to contend with an unkind westerly wind for much of the time, so plants can be a little slow to get going. This means I have to be patient. And so it is with beginnings of stories. Sometimes the process of starting is so scary that we delay or even dismiss attempting to write anything. Sometimes, whe...
January 31, 2014
How to Overcome Problems with Plotting
This week I have been one lucky author. On Wednesday I visited Great Baddow High School in Chelmsford, Essex, to take part in an event for the Essex Book Awards. I met some fantastic staff and pupils, all of whom are incredibly enthusiastic about books.
I'd never been to Chelmsford before and my taxi driver told me it is known as the birthplace of radio. In1898 Guglielmo Marconi set up the world's first wireless factory in an old silk mill, a building which apparently still stands to...
I'd never been to Chelmsford before and my taxi driver told me it is known as the birthplace of radio. In1898 Guglielmo Marconi set up the world's first wireless factory in an old silk mill, a building which apparently still stands to...
