Where I write

My dream writing place

In Malta a lot of the houses look like this. Beautiful.

My dream writing space is the courtyard at the back of a house such as this.
Actually, why not this very one? Two storeys high and overlooking a shady street where each house has a balcony enclosed in brightly painted wood. From the roof garden I can see the sea over the next row of houses. The space isn’t big. It is open to the sky and has two reclining chairs for moments of contemplation or snoozing in the sunshine.

The courtyard is cooler and shady, and PERFECT.

A wooden table is in the shady part, long enough to eat at with friends but small enough that, when I’m writing, there’s only room for me. The table has a honey-coloured brolly to match the Maltese limestone, and it is rectangular to match the table and the space and my computer screen and my notebook.

Committing your dreams and goals to writing is a great first step towards achieving them.

Stating your dream in the present tense, as though you have already achieved it, makes it more real and increases motivation to get there. 

Too late at 58?

Day 2
Instructions say to write a few sentences about each chapter.


Here is the outline for Chapter 1


First of all - there is no requirement for you to be 58. I just happen to be 58.

I know people in their 40s who:

• watch their hair turn ever more grey
• watch their waist-lines expand, just a bit, each year
• watch the bright young things at work enthuse about new ways of doing things
• are sensing redundancy
• are waiting to retire OR WORSE can't see how they can ever afford to retire

Maybe you are one of these people, or maybe you have different problems snapping metaphorically at your heels.

Maybe you haven't got a problem at all. Maybe you have a dream that you didn't realise when you were younger, always waiting for the right time. 

How about we say THE RIGHT TIME IS NOW?

What are you going to regret as you draw your last breath? Having a go, or not having a go?

I already regret not having a go sooner, but what's the point in dwelling on that? 

THE RIGHT TIME IS NOW.

Maybe that should be the title?  Anyone have an opinion on that?