sheelagh mooney

@lizfilleul @MarianJMyers Thanks Liz that was great, sleep well.

Thanks for attending the #TuesdayWritingHour! Next week, your host will be @MarianJMyers. Have a great week, everyone!

@lizfilleul That sounds like a good plan, Liz

In the past, I've often run out of ideas, and have gone through some very fallow periods (lasting months, even years). I used to get very stressed about it and would try to bury myself in work to compensate. Nowadays, I turn to other creative pursuits when the well is dry.

Q3 Do you ever run out of ideas for stories? If so, how do you go about refilling the creative well? #TuesdayWritingHour

@lizfilleul I think I maybe there at the moment so I'm all ears

@lizfilleul I've been slower than I anticipated to be honest & I think my goals were ill-defined to begin with 🙄

Q2 The first three months of 2026 have gone by already! Has your writing gone well in this first quarter of the year? If you set goals for 2026, have you made progress towards meeting them? #TuesdayWritingHour

@MarianJMyers @lizfilleul Yes it can lift the soul being around creative people

@nerinelily1 @lizfilleul I can imagine - like me at the weekend.

Welcome to this week’s #TuesdayWritingHour. Q1. How is everyone? Do you have any writing news to share?

@MargretGeraghty @lizfilleul Well done, Margret, that's great news

@lizfilleul I did have a PF acceptance last week for my first attempt at a historical. By historical, I mean one set in 1907, not the 1990s😉

@SJPfiction Yes occasionally its handy for dating a piece to the right era

Q4. We've talked a bit about music (whether listening to it helps writing). But does it ever feature in plots? Is it ever part of imagining any dimension of your character? #TuesdayWritingHour

@SJPfiction Sometimes the lengths vary greatly from what I initially would have imagined for the story!

Q2. 'Best laid plans' and all that, but do you ever find that you start off with a story about X and end up with one about Y instead? (not necessarily a bad thing of course!) or is everyone else more disciplined/focussed than me?!  #TuesdayWritingHour

@SJPfiction I don't really have a favourite time either to write or read and yes I think you do need to be very careful with your research so things don't jar with the reader especially terminology

Q3(1) Talking of different time-settings, if you write 'historical'* pieces, do you have a particular favourite and do you find (like me) that writing in the past requires more research for accuracy/inspiration? *I was recently told that the early 1990s counted as 'historical'!!

@SJPfiction It was almost spring there for a few days but its back to wind, rain & grey skies today. No writing news to share but I've been busy with other things recently so I can't complain really

Q1. Good morning #TuesdayWritingHour. How's Spring started for everyone? Any good news to share - with Easter around the corner, and the clocks changing very soon?

@Jenni_Gregory4 Thanks Jenni, great questions, it was nice to be able to join in real time this week.

Gosh, that hour passed in a flash. Thank you all for your great discussions on #tuesdaywritinghour. Have a great week, and see you next Tuesday, when your host will be Sara Partington

@Jenni_Gregory4 @MargretGeraghty Yes I agree about Death Comes to Pemberly, Jenni

@MargretGeraghty I would never do it either, Margret, I enjoy making up my own characters, and I have reservations about the whole idea of doing it. I didn’t particularly enjoy Death Comes to Pemberley, but I thought Susan Hill did a pretty good sequel to Rebecca in Mrs De Winter.

#tuesdaywritinghour How do you feel about writers who take other authors’ characters and write new stories/sequels for them? Would you ever consider doing so? P.D. James and Susan Hill have done so, as well as the author of “The Other Bennet Sister”, currently on TV.

@Jenni_Gregory4 While I sometimes enjoy reading such sequels I wouldn't really consider doing similar myself unless it was a very modern twist on the story. I'd be afraid it would be but a pale imitation!

@Jenni_Gregory4 @MarianJMyers & then report back to us how the process went, I'd love to know too

@MarianJMyers Go for it, Marian!

#tuesdaywritinghour Q2 If you write serials/pocket novels, do you wait for approval of sample episodes/chapters and synopses before completing? If so, how do you maintain motivation and interest in your characters while you wait?

@lou_mcivor @Jenni_Gregory4 ☘️x

@nerinelily1 @Jenni_Gregory4 Me too, Sheelagh! Have a Happy St Patrick's Day too xx

Good morning, welcome to #tuesdaywritinghour. This week it’s a slightly different format, with three questions only, to allow more time for discussion. Q1 What has everyone been doing?Any writing news, good or otherwise, to share? Book recommendations?

@Jenni_Gregory4 I've only written factual series so I absolutely wait for approval as they would probably have limited possibilities elsewhere. It usually doesn't take so long to get approval for these though I do try to ensure that I have submit detailed information first time round

@Jenni_Gregory4 Oh and my book recommendation is The Time of the Child by Niall Williams, I'm loving it but it is not a book to be rushed through, you need to savour it.

@HYuretich Love when tastes or smells are slipped in almost without my noticing, can really bring the story alive

#Tuesdaywritinghour A2 I'm most likely to use smell in my work. Taste and smell are guaranteed to transport me. No need to overdo it. Calling on 1 or 2 senses will give the reader all they need. Setting determines the most appropriate.