“I’m starting a blog” – four words to strike fear into the listener/reader’s heart, and ones I never thought I would utter. However, this year I have been drawn to the more creative writing side of my work, and have enjoyed participating in four (so far) online writing courses, one on cli-fi (climate fiction), one on woodland-inspired nature writing, and the other two focusing on developing nature writing skills.
Realising that I could write creatively as well as having the ability to write factual pieces has really opened up the world for me, hence the blog. It may never be read but at least it is being created and giving me the opportunity to keep a note of the adventures I have in nature, the things I see and do, to create pieces of prose and poetry, and share and explore ideas found in other people’s writing.
It’s going to be eclectic – and hopefully occasionally educative, entertaining and enthralling.