The Joy of Stationery
My name is Anne Lyle and I’m a stationery addict. There, I’ve said it. I have more notebooks, pens and other impedimenta of writing than is strictly necessary. A lot more. I discovered just how much...
View ArticleEpic fantasy? What does that even mean?
Yesterday I finished the final draft of The Prince of Lies – yay! – which inevitably left me feeling more than a little punch-drunk, like I’d been hit round the head with a 135,000-word manuscript…So I...
View ArticleSeduce me
No, not like that – eww! I mean with your book, dammit… Well, hellooo… Since I’m working on a new project at the moment, that’s got me 1) reading a lot more, because for once I actually have time to...
View ArticleDiversity in secondary world fantasy
There’s been a lot of debate in genre circles recently about diversity in fantasy – hell, I was on a panel about this very topic at AltFiction last year. It’s a very broad field, however, so I want to...
View ArticleNever the same river twice
We’re always told that if we want to write well, we should read widely and voraciously, and I totally agree with that—if you haven’t absorbed the rhythms of good prose and are unfamiliar with the...
View ArticleThe Musketeers
So, the BBC have a new “historical” drama series based on that much-loved classic The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. So far, so awesome for any fan of swashbuckling action, right? Well, yes and...
View ArticleWe’re still not your bitches
Yesterday I received an intriguing email from a colleague at work, asking if I would write a 140-word short story for his niece for GISHWHES (a worldwide scavenger hunt hosted by Misha Collins of...
View ArticleKnitting and Geekery
My longest work-in-progress (in both senses of the word!) When I was young – back in the Dark Ages! – knitting and crochet were all the rage, but then in the 80s they went into something of a decline...
View ArticleBullet Journal update – the stationery porn edition!
Following my decision to start a bullet journal, I had to decide what kind of notebook and pens to use. I considered using my LiveScribe Echo, but that would limit me to black ink and the narrow range...
View ArticleBullet Journal, GTD and forward planning
Whilst I love the structure and simplicity of Bullet Journal, there’s no denying that the basic system is weak on planning. Unfortunately that’s something I have to do a lot of, both in my day job and...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....