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
Tag: creative writing
A big idea?
I went for the Big Pitch... And got an award. #shocked #swanseauniversity #bigpitch #business #amwriting
Reading
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
Reading
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
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
Trick or treat, what come with the sweet will sometimes leave a sour aftertaste. #amwriting #shortstory #memoir
The Lightening Storm – a short story
The Lightening Storm is a short story based on a memory. #shortstory #amwriting #writing #memoir
Love and hate – a short story
Love and Hate is a #shortstory with perhaps a bit of #truth behind it. #bullying #life #amwriting
2018 so far…
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
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