Time to Write Creative Fiction

In beginning to write creative fiction, one of the hardest things for me to come to terms with is not having an externally set deadline.

Ever since I started full time employment, my working days have been punctuated by deadlines. When I worked for the Department of Employment my proficiency was based on mantras of ’empty your in-tray before you go home’; ‘clear the rejections before close-of-play’; ‘finish the proposal by the deadline’.

When I ran away to the Canary Islan...