Writer’s Block!

I haven’t written anything for a few weeks…… correction I haven’t written anything that’s any GOOD for a few weeks, and that’s before I start questioning whether anything I’ve written is any good!

  I think I’ve had a severe case of writer’s block! 

Since I actually started the book, I’ve found that writing has been the thing that’s relaxed me, it’s been mine. A few hours where I can lose myself in a world that doesn’t exist, a world that I’ve created, a world of people who live in my imagination, until I commit them to paper and decide to share them with people.

The last few weeks, writing hasn’t given me any joy, it hasn’t been a chance for me to hide myself a way for a bit with my laptop and my favourite mug full of tea.


It’s been a chance for me to sit and drink a cup of tea whilst staring at a blank bit of paper, typing and deleting words! I’ve tried watching and reading things that inspire me, I’ve tried walking the dog, laying in a darkened room… nothing has worked! 

I think the last couple of weeks my real life has been quite stressful and I’ve barely managed to get myself through the day let alone worry about Stanley Thomas! I figured that because he was a bad man, if the roles were reversed he wouldn’t give me a second thought, so I haven’t felt too guilty!

Whether it’s the extra hour in bed, or the fact I’ve had what’s resembled a weekend off, today I’ve woken up refreshed and ready to put my metaphorical pen to paper! 

My Sunday dinner is nicely cooking ready to be devoured later, my favourite mug is full of tea and I found this in the cupboard!



Maybe to get rid of my writer’s block, I need to embrace it, so I trusted in the universe and opened a random page…… alright it might not be what direction Stanley was heading, but I figured he’d be up for an adventure!


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