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Folklore and Dystopian Britain: Verge by Nadia Attia

Folklore and Dystopian Britain: Verge by Nadia Attia

This one's pretty special. Years ago I was at a Byte The Book event when I met Nadia Attia. We bonded over our shared hatred of networking and our frustrations with the publishing world. So I was utterly delighted when the release of her debut novel popped up on my...

Artist’s Way Week 7: The Curse of Perfectionism

Artist’s Way Week 7: The Curse of Perfectionism

The reading in the opening of this week felt incredibly relevant to me. As I turned each page I was thinking ‘yes. that’s me, I do that all the time!’ in a way I perhaps haven’t had with other weeks. The three main ideas that came up were perfectionism, taking risks...

Making March: The Power of Creating Stuff

Making March: The Power of Creating Stuff

At the start of March I set myself a seemingly simple goal: to make things. While a lot of my time gets poured into writing, editing, coaching others in their creative projects, creating workshops, all of these things are not exactly tangible. Words on a page can feel...

Artist’s Way Week 3: Putting Yourself First Is Tricky

Artist’s Way Week 3: Putting Yourself First Is Tricky

As the days and weeks pass, more and more I’m remembering why I haven’t managed to get to the end of the twelve-week ‘path’ of The Artist’s Way. For most of this week my partner was away. This meant I had to do all the parenting of my five-year-old, as well as get up...

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