by Teesdale Writers | Jan 20, 2026 | thoughts on writing
A writing project for 2026 (and 2027) Over the last month or so, I’ve been thinking about which of my ideas I’d like to develop in 2026. At the beginning of 2025 I was writing a dystopian novella, but decided to leave it to one side and concentrate on something...
by Teesdale Writers | Dec 30, 2025 | thoughts on writing
I haven’t done much writing this month. Again. But it’s not really my fault. You see, I have a bit of a problem with dragons. There are five of them in my study. They’re procrastination dragons, and it’s taking me a long time to get them trained....
by Teesdale Writers | Sep 17, 2025 | thoughts on writing
As a writer of travel memoirs I recognise that we look at things with varying levels of percipience. We interpret what we see with varying levels of reflectiveness. From my own experience of writing about travel, I have compiled the following questions or travel: no...
by Teesdale Writers | Aug 4, 2025 | Latest News, thoughts on writing
“Why did you write this book?” That’s a question publishers ask. I understand why, but foolishly I let it needle me. Why do I breathe? Why do I eat meals? I’m a writer, it’s what I do. ‘This book’ means my new one, Getting to Know Colombia: a story of loss and...
by Teesdale Writers | Jul 8, 2025 | shared written work, thoughts on writing
My brain both runs away with the slightest prompt and strongly resists being told what to do. But here I was, uncomfortably sitting at a table, listening to instructions. I was at a workshop on writing fiction. We were given different exercises to help think of a...
by Teesdale Writers | Jun 28, 2025 | thoughts on writing
The Author is not dead, but they need to be absent so that their book can be completed. For me, the process has gone something like this. I read a lot of books and, eventually, that made me want to write. So, I wrote a lot of words and that made me start thinking...