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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
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
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...
Artists Way Week 2: The God Problem
The good news is I am still managing to get up in the morning. Even this week, while my partner is away, which means a whole new level of commitment. The other good news is that my daughter is getting on board. She knows that mummy has to scribble furiously for twenty...
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The great thing about hosting this site is all the amazing books that appear on my radar. Keely O'Shaughnessy's...
For regular visitors, you may have noticed that my personal blogs have been somewhat erratic of late. While I’m...
For Christmas last year, my mum got a bird box with a camera in it. This spring, we watched tiny, helpless scraggles...
Guest post from Janey Burton, a Publishing Consultant, Editor and Contracts Negotiator. Find out more about her advice...
I'm absolutely thrilled to be welcoming Judy Darley back to the blog. Last year I featured her collection Sky, Light,...
This month I'm thinking about playing – the summer can be a time to really open yourself up in terms of what you...
Tidal waves. volcanoes and sea monsters all find their way into Family and Other Natural Disasters, a short story...
We're always told that place has a special role to play in stories. At times, a place can take on a life of its own...
I love words. Well, of course I do, I’m a writer. But there’s something about onomatopoeic words that is just...
There are times when a publication just resonates perfectly with me. With Unknown, a collection of poetry that...