Wendy Ogilvie Archives
Write ‘Funny’.
Let’s face it, we all love a giggle but can you make people laugh? Some people seem to be better at it than others, which poses the question CAN YOU LEARN TO WRITE HUMOUR?
Short Stories and Drinks
Posted on August 28, 2018 Leave a Comment
A story I had published in CafeLit recently was voted into the yearly anthology, The Best of CafeLit7, and is now available. Each story is assigned a drink; my story, Bone Collectors, should be read with an espresso and a shot of (Black) Sambuca. CafeLit like to publish stories that are thought-provoking and maybe a […]
Write Funny – Black Comedy
Posted on August 3, 2017 1 Comment
Dark Humour – A Joining of Comedy and Tragedy Black humour is finding the funny in the macabre or tragic. What’s funny about death and tragedy I hear you ask – a lot actually. When I look at the short stories I’ve written it’s a little disturbing to discover how many of them involve dark, […]
APRIL –WHERE DID IT GO?
Posted on May 5, 2015 2 Comments
I cannot believe it is now the end of another month. This has been a stressful time and although I have been writing almost every day, it has mainly been to work on publishing my novel. I decided to publish this book myself even though I hadn’t sent it out to many agents/publishers – two […]
How successful was February?
Posted on February 27, 2015 Leave a Comment
Another month has passed in a blur of editing, submitting material and learning about earning from writing through broker websites. At the moment it is an uphill climb but I will push on regardless. So let’s take a look at what I did this month to get me nearer to my goal of £3,000. 1. […]
NaNoWriMo and Christmas
Posted on December 15, 2014 2 Comments
It has been almost a month since NaNoWriMo and I must admit to not having done as much as I would like. I blame Christmas! All this shopping, baking, partying, Christmas films and decorating get in the way of my writing. I did, however take a couple of chapters with me when I went Christmas […]
NaNoWriMo – How will you use the experience?
Posted on December 4, 2014 Leave a Comment
I did it!..again. I managed to slay the procrastination dragon to write 50,000 words in twenty-nine days, whoop, whoop! I was intending to blog my journey as I did last year but with looking after a poorly boyfriend for three of the weeks, a poorly dog back and forth to the vets and organising an […]
Preparing for NaNoWriMo
Posted on October 20, 2014 4 Comments
I did it. I signed up for NaNoWriMo again this year…….What a Nutter! So now all I have to do is the preparation. I still have the last third of my book from last year but I need a new project, so I have decided to write a sequel to my first novel Wandering on […]
To NaNo or not to NaNo?
Posted on September 21, 2014 3 Comments
Last year I was a NaNoWriMo winner as I completed over 50,000 words of my novel in 30 days. The experience not only gave me a push on my new book but I found a writing group, new friends and the opportunity to attend a writers’ seminar about getting my book published. As […]
WRITING LESSONS – USING NUMBERS
Posted on April 16, 2014 Leave a Comment
This is from the University of Bristol website. You can brush up on your gramma oops I mean grammar and they have worksheets where you can test yourself. I have found it really helpful so I thought I would share it. USING NUMBERS When using numbers in essays and reports, it is important to decide […]
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