Category: On Writing

  • Writing When It Hurts

    Writing When It Hurts

    Sat at the keyboard, all I want to do is curl up in bed, pull the duvet up over my head and sleep. Before I fall asleep I would probably shed some tears. I cry – a lot. It’s part of me expressing that inward ache of deep sadness. Rather…

  • Ruth the Writer

    My blog has been silent for a few weeks now. The busyness of life has crept in once more. I find myself able to take a few minutes to type a few thoughts down on this grey November morning. What has been going on in my life that has kept…

  • Blogging or Flogging: When Did Blogging Become a Crime?

    As a blogger and a writer, I cannot help but feel a little on edge at the rise in violence against bloggers and writers who exercise their human right of freedom of speech. I write about my Christian faith and I have the freedom to do that – at the…

  • Words

    For the first time in a long time, I have no words. But yet I am still compelled to write. I spent a good 45 minutes staring at an empty post which was eagerly anticipating my familiar tap of the keyboard. Today, no words would come. I started writing a…

  • Lessons From The Wilderness

    In the still and quiet, I find myself searching in quiet desperation for the next step on my journey with the Lord through unemployment. I am sharing some of my reflections of walking with Christ through this wilderness and the lessons I am slowly learning! Lesson 1) Being A Writer…

  • A Blogger Blogging About My Blog: Why I Write The Mustard Seed

    This week at #The Loft, we are chatting about blogging! As a blogger since 2011, I have never thought about talking about my blog as a subject in itself. Usually, it writes itself and people generally get the idea… (I think). However, it is a great opportunity to share with…

  • A Word Search: The Product of Procrastination?

    I sit here wanting to write. I want to share with you all that I intend to start writing again; writing as a blogger, as a tweeter, as a screenwriter, as a novelist. I just want to write. On my return to Norfolk last week I was sorting through all…

  • Transformation: This is who I am.

    Hey there! I am impressed that I am cracking out these blog posts now! I thought I would only ever write a few but I am determined to keep writing. It’s all good practice. Admittedly I have a degree and a creative writing course that must be completed but for…