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So no fireworks this week then? Hmmm

by Robin Houghton on November 3, 2020
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What a week. That election (can’t bring myself to watch). Another lockdown starts. Planet Poetry Episode 2 coming up. And I’ve just turned 60. Planet Poetry Peter Kenny and I…

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New podcast, plus new updated ‘Guide to getting published in UK poetry mags’

by Robin Houghton on October 17, 2020
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Eeek! I’m trying to fight a sense of overwhelm at the moment even though it’s all good things that are overwhelming me. Keeping my weekly work commitments going and doing…

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Current reading and other news

by Robin Houghton on July 26, 2020
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Current reading … and a parrot Camilla’s Bookshop is open again in Eastbourne after an arson attack, and I can report that the parrot is still alive and greeting you…

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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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A chilled start to the year

by Robin Houghton on January 15, 2020
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January 15th and I’m just getting round to my first post of the year, something that would have concerned me a bit in the past but for the new decade…

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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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Recent reading

by Robin Houghton on November 18, 2019
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I’ve got into a rhythm of reading a Canto of Dante’s Purgatory each night before falling asleep, sometimes I get through the chapter commentary & notes too, sometimes not. If…

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Struggling a bit

by Robin Houghton on May 28, 2019
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Blogging and writing have been a bit off my radar lately as I am still struggling with a back problem which makes sitting or standing equally uncomfortable. But in brief:…

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Roundup – current reading, events, Poet Laureate etc

by Robin Houghton on May 19, 2019
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I’m not sure where the month has gone – somewhere out the door together with the gardening, the yoga and the Spring days out, all of which have been on…

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2018 poetry submissions stats

by Robin Houghton on January 7, 2019
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Dear oh dear. Well, I promise to deliver the ‘ups and downs’ of poetry submissions, and 2018 was slim pickings for sure. Number of poems sent out to journals:  25…

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