Do you know what you were doing?
Yesterday a Facebook memory popped up and reminded me what I was doing exactly ten years ago. Quite similar, weirdly, to what I am now doing, a decade on. Only this time I am...
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Here we are again
When I let my mind return to the final moments with Susie-Belle, I am as disturbed by it now, seven years on, as I was then. It feels like seven seconds ago.
Why I stay on social media
I’m writing my fifth book which revisits a dark time for me. But the dogs kept my problems in perspective and Facebook memories tell me this.
When a retreat isn’t quite as planned
July was busy with friends and family visting and lots of other good things. There were also some less than good things. This summer two friends have faced big health crises with ongoing ramifications....
Springtime with its familiarity
Last time I was writing here I was nose down working on the first draft of my next book. It was an immersion in jostling with words in order to get the skeleton in...
Shifting thoughts and word counts
Here I am, writing my way out of a grey place I’ve been caught in since December. Since Renae’s short illness and sudden, terminal departure from my life. It’s two months now that I...
It’s here!
It’s here! Today I received my author copies of my new book. It’s an exciting time for a writer, unpacking a parcel and seeing for the first time the result of thousands of hours...
Publication Day for Why Love Is Not Enough
Drawing from years of accumulated experience and insights from many people, the book is a distillation of tips and information.
The More You Use It
You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. A favourite Maya Angelou quote. She’s right, of course, phenomenal woman, great thinker, savvy human being that she was. I am...
Beware the gillygaupus
I recently completed a writing course with the University of East Anglia. The UEA are world leaders in teaching creative writing, with an alumni featuring literary shining lights such as Rose Tremain, Ian McEwan...