I’m Back! It’s shocking to see that I haven’t blogged since August last year. It’s not that I haven’t stopped writing, it’s just that all my focus was on my last year of university. And it paid off – a first in English Literature and Creative writing. But it left me mentally drained although I’veContinue reading
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28th August 2025 There’s a change in the air. Hot days and humid nights have been brushed away by cool breezes and rain as fine as gossamer. My favourite time of the year is so near I can taste it on my sea-salted skin and feel it in my wind-whipped hair. Blackberries and horse chestnutsContinue reading
7th August, 2025 I’ve recently had the privilege of being one of the judges for a short story competition. It was a thoroughly enjoyable experience and the range of themes and styles of delivery were interesting. Some stories pulled me in at the first sentence, others were intriguing and I had to read on. IContinue reading
All good things come in threes I’m not a lover of superstitious ‘facts’ but I have to admit that this has been true for me during the past couple of weeks or so in the writing world (if you ignore the rejections, that is!). Recently I’ve been writing short snippets of memoir, flash fiction, creativeContinue reading
10th December, 2022 The last few weeks have been filled with lovely writerly things. I’ve been working with a mentor for an anthology that Lincoln University is putting together. It’s fairly lengthy and is inspired by a piece of old family history. It’s been a joy to research and write. It’s with the editing teamContinue reading
On the road again….but just for foraging Travel restrictions are still in place and like most people, my itchy feet are itching like crazy – the end of lockdown is so close I can almost taste it. I’d hoped to do some traveling around the UK this summer but it’s looking unlikely as I thinkContinue reading
Jesamine, Molly, and me
Heybridge Basin, Essex Deep into edits today, I realised I’d become stuck. All had been going well and suddenly a piece of dialogue just wouldn’t work. The conversation wasn’t sounding right – the characters weren’t doing as I wanted them to do. So I grabbed Molly’s lead and my camera, and we jumped into JesamineContinue reading “Jesamine, Molly, and me”
