L.K. Jay's Blog

Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve been here.  It’s like putting on an old coat, putting your hand inside the pocket and fishing out a fiver.  Or a mint, with a bit of fluff stuck to it.  Either way, I’m going to eat it.
After too much time spent on the day job, I’ve picked up my pen and I’ve been busy writing again.  While I’ve been away, I bought a new flat (a mortgage! That mythical thing I thought I’d never have and look, I can spell it too! Mortgage, mortgage, mortgage!...

It's been a busy few weeks and it's already December.  I'm still writing my new short story 'An Ordinary Witch' and hoping that is going to be a series.  Well that's the idea.  I've also been writing some flash fiction, which is currently being rejected by all of the women's magazines in the country.  So instead of wasting them, I'll put them on here for your enjoyment.
In other news, I'll be snowboarding in Italy over new year, so I'll write a New Year's blog early this ye...

Hello folks, remember me?  I’m brushing off the cobwebs and it’s time to start writing again.I’ve been a bit naughty by not updating my blog but the day job taming lions has been taking up a lot of time.  It doesn’t help when the zoo keepers are demanding more and more of my time, but enough of the terrible metaphors for my day job, on with the fun stuff!
This weekend, my fellow writers and myself: @CLRaven and @LouiseWest jumped into the trusty Corsa and went to Borley Rectory. ...

I've been a bit slack on the writing front lately because I've taken up a new hobby that gives me even more bruises than taekwondo …
I've been ‘shreddin’ the gnar’ folks.  Yes indeed.  A couple of years ago, I wrote a post about things that you didn't know about me: Beautiful Bloggers and one of those was ‘I have never been skiing.’  The other were having never eaten baked beans, on account of them being disgusting, and I’ve never been to Manchester.
Well...

I’ve been on my holibubs and in English, that means I’ve been on holiday.  Off to Wales I went; Rust deposited with my pals, with my tent and endless other crap packed into my boot.
It’s that time of year again when me and my pal Spa pile into her little blue car and put up out tents in a large field in the Brecon Beacons and live it up festival style.  Except this year, the weather wasn’t quite as good as it was last year and I had to put up my tent in the pouring rain.  Oh did...

The weather is hot and the writing is easy.

It’s been quite a month but thank the Lord, the day job is on hold for the next few weeks and I’ve got some time to breathe and write.  Because to me, breathing and writing amount to the same thing.Since the last post, there’s been a few changes.  First of all; the Govenator, Goveadoodledo or the Reverend Gove, the education minister who truly believed in the fairies, has gone, gone, gone.  Ding dong, the Gove has gone!  If it’ll...

I’ve been to the bit smoke, and observed the fickle face of fashion …
I’ve been a bit absent lately, again, but that would because nothing particularly interesting happened to me.  I mean, I’ve only just come back from London, having found myself on the NUT float, chatted to the president, meet loads of new people, went snowboarding, fell over a lot, bought some really nice new clothes and started writing another novel.  Came up with some great new ideas and started to put some of my...

It’s been a crap couple of weeks, but I’ve gone a bit Rudyard Kipling and I’m not losing my head …
Well they say that bad things happen in threes.  Although at the moment, it’s four and counting.  It’s become a bit of a joke, and I remember the last time something like this happened and at least the one thing I can look forward to is the silver lining that will inevitably follow.
First of all it was the illness.  Woke up with a sore throat that wouldn’t go away.  Felt like I...

I’m nearly ready to start writing a new novel and I’ve got some blue sky thinking to do…
It’s that time of year again when I’m planning to write a new novel and I’m going to have my head in the clouds.  You see, from June onwards, I have a window of opportunity where I can actualise my time when my significant cohort depart and I can park that during the day and optimise the opportunity to lay down some words in the twilight hours.
What a load of crap.
Sorry, I couldn't help that.  A f...

I’ve been to a trade union conference, and I’m feeling all ‘Citizen Smith’ …
Last week, I was at the NUT national conference, which is why I've been a bit slack at updating my blog.  For those who don’t know, it is the National Union of Teachers, for whom I do some work for.  And for those who like to take part in a spot of teacher-bashing, may I give you some advice.  When going on a first date with me, it is best to avoid the phrase, ‘bloody teachers and their holidays.’ ...