Working from (a temporary) home
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 […]
Category: Rejections
Being on the happy side of a fine line, and other August musings
August. Already. Do you remember how summer holidays seemed in childhood – a long holiday starting late July (for those of us in […]
On redrafting old material, and a welcome acceptance
During my mini-retreat in Cork I dug out a number of old as-yet-unfinished or unpublished poems to see what I could breathe new […]
On #100rejections … (and 2 subscriptions)
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 […]
Delighted and amazed to announce that…( just kidding)
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 […]
2018 poetry submissions stats
Dear oh dear. Well, I promise to deliver the ‘ups and downs’ of poetry submissions, and 2018 was slim pickings for sure. Number […]
Small milestones
At the end of October it was my birthday, and over a boozy supper my dear husband suggested we do a ‘dry November’. […]
The new ‘How to’ guide is finally done…
Things have been a bit quiet on this blog for the last month, mainly because I’ve been full-on with the new booklet which […]
New: how-to guide to submitting to UK poetry magazines, plus new collaborations
New book! With the UK poetry magazines submissions windows spreadsheet becoming so popular, I’ve decided to take it step further: a how-to booklet […]
Catchup for a rainy day – news, upcoming etc
With a real sense of summer coming to an end, I just wanted to mention a few things before August is up, and […]