I’ve been experimenting with more short writing forms recently. In part this is due to time – as usual, paid work has to come first! But also because it’s fun to stretch my creativity in different ways. It’s also a bit terrifying: I know I am a decent writer of fiction and non-fiction (or, at […]
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This month I set myself a challenge: do a social media post promoting my books once every day during September. The reasons for this were many. I’ve written recently on how I’ve been struggling with my creative journey a lot over the last few years. The cumulative effects of the pandemic, menopause and an arts […]
So, like everyone else recently I have been *obsessed* with Interview with the Vampire on TV, which has rekindled my love of Anne Rice’s classic. (It’s on iPlayer, if you haven’t seen it – go watch!) But it also got me thinking of my own lovely vampires (who, of course, owe a huge debt to […]
Yesterday was apparently National Poetry Day, which inspired me to do some fun noodling with poems. I have two versions of this – one a bit darker and less rhymey! – but thought as it’s Friday I’d share the fun one! If the Apocalypse comes, trip me* (*with apologies to Buffy) If the Apocalypse comes, […]
It’s a question I will never get tired of asking, so here I am asking it again: why is it that in almost every other field of the arts, being ‘indie’ is seen as cool, rebellious, anti-establishment – but when it comes to publishing, it’s a clear-cut sign a writer just isn’t good enough to […]
When you are trying to carve a career in the arts, it can feel like you are competing with everyone – especially since a lot of funding / career opportunities are literally competitions so, um, you sort of are. But, in truth, other artists can be the best friends you can have. (Note, because writing and theatre […]
I’ve written a lot about writing advice – the good and the bad – but if there is one piece of ‘accepted wisdom’ I’d like to see killed by fire, it’s ‘REAL writers write every day’. ‘Real writers write every day’, you are told, as if being a writer is an uncontrollable impulse that must […]
I’ve never been a fan of New Year’s resolutions. In part this is due to my fondness for seeing autumn, with its ‘back to school new notebook’ vibe (and the fact that my birthday is in September) as a much more natural fresh start, in part because my schedule tends to be frantic from November […]
In an unequal world where we are encouraged to monetise every aspect of our lives, do we need to redefine what ‘failure’ really is? And maybe consider that sometimes – often, even – it might actually be a good and necessary thing? As you can tell from how often I’ve updated this blog over the […]
For those of you who like a nice romcom, my book The Bridesmaid Blues (“perfect for fans of Lindsey Kelk” and “a smarter, funnier Bridget Jones’ Diary”) is only 99p on Kindle all month! For those who don’t, my novel Doll (“holy fuck, this book, who is this woman?”) and short story collection No Love […]
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