Angie Halliwell

Yes! It’s that time again, when I ask one of the members of the Author Support Network to introduce themselves and tell us how they can help you elevate your writing. Today, I am delighted to be chatting with the lovely Nej Steer. To save yourself the embarrassment of mispronouncing her name, as I did, Nej is said as Neigh (like a horse, I was told), and I have tried to remember this ever since. Hello Nej, it is great to have you with us today. Please tell us a little about yourself and how...

Welcome back to another one of my blogs. I don’t know if you are like me at the moment, but with Christmas approaching, a few months of throwing my cash at repairs on the house and the car, new clothes for my children, and prices of outgoings going up, up and away, money is tighter than Superman’s underpants (I mean they can’t be comfortable to fly about in). I seem to spend all my time scrutinising items, wondering if they are a priority, whether I can wait before I buy them or get something...

Hello again, you creative bunch. Now that Halloween has come and drifted back into the shadows again, the next celebration that awaits us is Bonfire Night. Of course, this was originally called Guy Fawkes Night. I still remember when I was young and older kids would knock on the door asking if they could have a ‘penny for the Guy’. They would make an effigy of Guy Fawkes, dress it in old clothes and burn it on a bonfire. I recall them collecting spare wood for their bonfires too. Nowadays it...