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On the Wings of Story: ‘Soaring,’ Short Story Collection by Nicole Fitton
There's a lovely introduction to this short story collection. Nicole Fitton asks if you would like to dive into her stories when you have a snippet of time, allowing yourself to be carried off by them. And I most certainly was. 'Soaring' is the name of the collection,...
Touching Connections: All Their Favourite Stories (Novella-in-flash) by Slawka Scarso
I love dabbling in different styles. I met Slawka Scarso when she ran a workshop on writing flash fiction with the Geneva Writer's Group last year. What I was most struck by was how there a little stories hiding everywhere – she used images, titles, recipes, lists. It...
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
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...
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Back in September 2020, I posted my very first blog on my new website, explaining why I’d quit teaching to write,...
This week involved the completion of Week 1 of The Artist’s Way, my second round of immunotherapy for melanoma and my...
I absolutely love how varied and eclectic this blog has made my reading. Interestingly enough, memoir is the genre...
This is an unusual start to the year for me, to say the least. For starters, I’m in the very exciting position of...
A mixture of poetry and prose for you this week in the form of a lilting, rhythmic collection – I Hear Your Music...
This week I found myself transported to the place I grew up – the fair shores of Cornwall. Only this was a little...
It’s fair to say I don’t have a lot of spare time. Not only am I writing books, stories and pitching ideas to...
This week I've been taken all over the world. From India to the USA, completely submerged in one character's life....
Recently I’ve found myself in the delightful position of finalising the front cover for my book. After all the back...
The theme of poetry continues this time round with a vibrant and highly contrasting collection from Susan Darlington....