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October 28, 2020 KateLeave a comment

Most of you know that I'm studying for a PhD... Well this is my last year so I've been thinking... What next? Well, I have a plan. In the new year we are hoping to get the studio set up in the 'soon-to-be-converted' garage. This will mean I can start drawing and writing in earnest.… Continue reading Happy Halloween

A big idea?
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A big idea?

April 9, 2019 Kate6 Comments

I went for the Big Pitch... And got an award. #shocked #swanseauniversity #bigpitch #business #amwriting

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February 28, 2019 KateLeave a comment

I don't mean reading books but reading your work outloud. Yesterday I read a piece on motherhood. It was a memoir and a creative essay. I was terrible at it. I kept my head down and I didn't look up. I couldn't. What I was reading was so personal that if I had I couldn't… Continue reading Reading

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Reading

October 8, 2018 KateLeave a comment

I couldn't read. I tried. Jack and Jill went up that hill but what they did once they got there was always a mystery. I tried to read. Still I tried. The education system here puts you in school at 3 or 4 years-old. They start immediately. I did try. But the words were a… Continue reading Reading

Dream-catcher
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Dream-catcher

October 5, 2018 KateLeave a comment

I have a funny brain. Not funny ha-ha, but funny peculiar. The wiring is weird for one and sometimes I can't grasp stuff easily, like reading or the difference between seeing and watching... That is a huge difference... Imagine in the conversation saying you have seen Brad Pit instead of watching him on the TV.… Continue reading Dream-catcher

Trick or Treat – a short story
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Trick or Treat – a short story

September 21, 2018September 21, 2018 KateLeave a comment

Trick or treat, what come with the sweet will sometimes leave a sour aftertaste. #amwriting #shortstory #memoir

The Lightening Storm – a short story
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The Lightening Storm – a short story

September 17, 2018September 17, 2018 KateLeave a comment

The Lightening Storm is a short story based on a memory. #shortstory #amwriting #writing #memoir

Love and hate – a short story
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Love and hate – a short story

September 14, 2018September 14, 2018 KateLeave a comment

Love and Hate is a #shortstory with perhaps a bit of #truth behind it. #bullying #life #amwriting

2018 so far…
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2018 so far…

January 15, 2018 KateLeave a comment

It's hard to be an author... You can spend months, if not years, writing a book. You plough every bit of yourself into it. But that doesn't mean it will jump off the shelf or find an audience. So you have to market, all the time. I can do it but I get tired. My… Continue reading 2018 so far…

The Day After
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The Day After

November 29, 2017November 28, 2017 KateLeave a comment

So we had been in Marrakesh or a week and finally landed... Time to relax over the weekend - right? Nope... We had other ideas. You see my partner is the lead singer in Some Weird Sin, a punk rock band that has reformed after 30 years, and they had a gig.... in Knighton. So… Continue reading The Day After

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