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June 30, 2023
Yesterday & Today: 1st July
It’s hard to believe that yesterday saw the end of the first half of 2023 and my 182nd diary post. I don’t know about you, but when I get to July I always wonder where March, April and May went… But at least it was a day where I managed to do a little work … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 1st July →
Yesterday & Today: 30th June
It was our monthly Contextual virtual poetry reading event yesterday, the nineteenth since November 2021. Every time I think about the number of meetings we’ve had, and the group’s longevity, I’m amazed. And I think I can call it a ‘group’ now given we have a loyal band of poets from which each month at … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 30th June →
June 28, 2023
Yesterday & Today: 29th June
That was a bit more like it! I managed a chunk of ‘Z’ drafting yesterday, plus there was Ripon Writers’ Group in the evening. Unfortunately our booked speaker was unable to make the meeting last night so we had an evening of members reading their own work – including a 15-minute play about a bunch … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 29th June →
Yesterday & Today: 28th June
Best not gild the lily. Not the greatest of days yesterday. And even if this was for non-writing reasons, there was an inevitable knock-on. Sometimes it can be difficult to motivate yourself to write when ‘life’ feels like giving you a minor kicking. I did attend the Northallerton poetry reading group in the morning, and … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 28th June →
June 27, 2023
Yesterday & Today: 27th June
Oddly enough, one new thing came out of yesterday‘s start of box-packing for our upcoming move: the draft of a new poem! Perhaps that’s an example of there always being something to write about. Who would have thought putting books and DVDs into cardboard boxes could be so rewarding?! On a more serious note I’m … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 27th June →
June 26, 2023
From my performance of ‘Crash’
Photographs taken by Helen Tabor. You can find Helen’s work here.
Yesterday & Today: 26th June
After yesterday‘s effort, ‘Z’ has already reached the dizzy heights of 18,500 words. I’m not quite sure how that has come about, but there you are! Based on average word count per ‘episode’ and the number of episodes to come, the outturn is looking like something in the mid 90,000s. I’m not surprised by this … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 26th June →
June 25, 2023
Yesterday & Today: 25th June
Five or six weeks today I will hopefully be writing the relevant ‘Yesterday and Today’ entry from my new study, our new house. We’re starting to pack things into boxes, and I am only a couple of weeks away from needing to tackle my study… It’s an exciting prospect, but one which is also increasingly … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 25th June →
June 24, 2023
Yesterday & Today: 24th June
A particularly quiet day yesterday saw me draft a little more of ‘Z’, plus do some admin work around both New Contexts: 5 and next week’s Contextual reading event. With submissions for NC:5 closing next Friday, a week today will see me begin the process of beginning the process of selection for the anthology. That’s … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 24th June →
June 22, 2023
Yesterday & Today: 23rd June
One of the reasons why drafting ‘Z’ is so straightforward is because the narrative is worked out in detail, step-by-step right through to the end. Essentially I’m writing to a ‘to do’ list. Doesn’t sound very edifying, does it? When working on it yesterday, one of the key side effects of being in such a … Continue reading Yesterday & Today: 23rd June →
