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– and + and so it goes

by Robin Houghton on November 27, 2020
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A teeny bit of a moan How’s things with you? Well, I hope. During the first lockdown I was happy to enjoy the garden and revel in the novelty of…

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Sun, secrets and submissions

by Robin Houghton on May 30, 2020
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OK, what I’ve been up to generally Greetings from the Sunshine Coast. I can’t remember the last time it rained here, but the water authorities are asking us to be frugal…

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Rejections, invitations, forthcoming events & what I’m reading

by Robin Houghton on February 10, 2020
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Despite feeling quite positive about what I’m writing at the moment, I’ve started the year with rejections from two magazines. As usual, when I checked what it was I sent…

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My 2019 submissions: successes & fails | poetry blog

by Robin Houghton on December 22, 2019
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One of the things about statistics is you can present them is whatever light you wish: draw attention to this rather than that, show a percentage of X rather than…

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Let’s talk about failures…

by Robin Houghton on October 24, 2019
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There’s something that happens more and more on Twitter that makes me feel slightly queasy. But I also hesitate to say this, because it might not go down well. It’s…

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Working from (a temporary) home

by Robin Houghton on August 23, 2019
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I’m currently working each morning from a little B&B room in a farmhouse in Pembrokeshire, while Nick is here playing the organ for St David’s Cathedral. Apart from occasionally getting…

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Being on the happy side of a fine line, and other August musings

by Robin Houghton on August 4, 2019
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August. Already. Do you remember how summer holidays seemed in childhood – a long holiday starting late July (for those of us in state schools) and extending only really to…

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On redrafting old material, and a welcome acceptance

by Robin Houghton on April 1, 2019
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During my mini-retreat in Cork I dug out a number of old as-yet-unfinished or unpublished poems to see what I could breathe new life into. Re-use & recycle! Nothing’s wasted!…

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On #100rejections … (and 2 subscriptions)

by Robin Houghton on March 8, 2019
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The other day on Twitter I saw Penny Shutt mention #100rejections. Intrigued, I followed the hashtag and felt I’d stumbled on some sort of masochistic cult… “Heard the outcome of a…

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Delighted and amazed to announce that…( just kidding)

by Robin Houghton on March 2, 2019
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I bet you were dead excited for me there for a second or two, weren’t you? No? Oh well…it’s that time of year again, when thousands of us come to…

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