A Cup of Conversation with Poet and Author Rebecca Lynn Bardelli.

45 Welcome to A Cup of Conversation with the wonderfully creative poet and author Rebecca Lynn Bardelli. I connected with Rebecca when I read one of her poems on Twitter and subsequently downloaded her poetry collection Dancing Through the Flames which I found to be warm, heartfelt and very real poetry I could connect with […]
Mindful meditation for Writers…let it flow…
Do you need to relax after a long, focused session writing or are you suffering from writer’s block? Then Meditation could work for you. I asked my long-time friend Corinne Schurink to write a piece on meditation and she was delighted to share her knowledge, having been practicing meditation for many years. Meditation is about […]
Writers’ Favourite Writing Quotes (Part 4)

Writers’ Favourite Writing Quotes (Part 4) Hello and welcome if this is not your first visit to the blog series Writers’ Favourite Writing Quotes. The series will be an on-going one and I’m delighted so many of you are reading the blog and visiting my website too! In Part 4 of the series one of […]
A man after my own heart.

We talked and laughed mutually Everything I said he agreed unusually How can he be so similar to me? In thought, in ideas, our planning in glee When I revealed my biggest dream He smiled and said what a great scheme By your side with whatever you need Don’t be alone, I can nurture the […]
A Cup of Conversation with Ellen Read, author of The Dragon Sleeps

Welcome to this week’s A Cup of Conversation with Ellen Read, the author of The Dragon Sleeps – an historical murder mystery romance novel, and Love The Gift – an eBook Novella, a time slip romance, a story to heal grief. Ellen was born in Queensland, Australia. She loves to read fiction, non-fiction, poetry. She particularly loves […]
A Cup of Conversation with Rebekah Lee Jenkins, author of THE NIGHT THEY CAME FOR Til

A huge welcome to A Cup of Conversation with author Rebekah Lee Jenkins, Becky to her friends, who shares many insights into her wonderful writing journey, including her next novel ‘Prosecuting Priscilla’ and how she loses herself in times gone by and a Gin and Tonic keeps her company as she writes! Thank you for […]
Writers’ Favourite Writing Quotes (Part 2)
Hi! Welcome and welcome back if this is not your first visit to the blog series Writers’ Favourite Writing Quotes. The response to the series has been fantabulous (one of my many made-up words) and I am so happy so many of you are reading the blog and visiting my website too! In Part 2 […]
Writers’ Favourite Writing Quotes (Part 1)

Hi there and welcome! Today’s blog post is about writing quotes. I absolutely love quotes about writing as well as those which inspire and encourage us. Those of you who follow me on Twitter know I tweet famous writing quotes as well as those from less well-known people often. I also tweet my own snippets […]
Writing a book review…I really enjoyed the book because…

I met up with an old work colleague recently and we got talking about all things bookish. She said that she loved reading but admitted she was guilty of rarely leaving a review as she just didn’t know what to say other than ‘great book’. And let’s face it that wouldn’t be too helpful to […]
A Cup of Conversation with Suzy Henderson, author of The Beauty Shop.

I have recently got to know Suzy through Twitter and have since read her novel The Beauty Shop which is a warm story of love and the struggles faced to overcome the adversity that war brings with it. With a passion for military history and a weakness for ginger cake Suzy loves her writer’s life […]