Creative Hour this Sunday!

Join me to get some writing done together – here's the Google Meet link.

Apologies for the late notice, but I’m hosting an In Writing Creative Hour tomorrow, Sunday 25 February at 5pm UK time (here’s your timezone converter, in case you’d like to join us from somewhere else in the world).

I’m working on manuscript edits, and I got so deep in concentration this week that I only realised when I stepped out into cold sunlight on Friday afternoon that I hadn’t left my flat for fifty hours. Not sustainable behaviour, but it does feel good to be absorbed, and I’m going with it for now.

You’ll find the Google Meet link below to join the Creative Hour. Here’s the usual blurb: if you haven’t attended a Creative Hour before, it’s a get-together for paying subscribers online. We say hello and have a brief chat, then write together in companionable silence for fifty minutes. It’s a small act of writerly solidarity, an opportunity to get to know other writers, and a lovely, uplifting way to end the week.

If you feel like it, let me know what you’ll be working on!

The schedule:

5pm GMT: Click the link below to open Google Meet.

I’d love you to switch your camera on for the first few minutes while we settle in, and keep it on throughout the hour if you can bear it (it adds to the feeling that we’re all working side by side). As for microphones, we’ll follow a general rule of staying on mute, but unmuting when we want to speak. Please chime in during the chats at the beginning and end – I’d love to hear from you.

5.05-ish: Writing time. If you’re running late, you’re welcome to slip in whenever, but don’t be offended if we don’t say hello. As for what to write – it’s totally up to you. Pick up a project that you’ve been neglecting, start something new, or if you’re stuck for inspiration, do some journalling or write a letter.

5.55-ish: We’ll return to wrap up the hour and reflect on how it went.

6pm: Say goodbye, and feel pleased with yourself for the rest of the day.

The link: