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How are you doing? Apparently we’re now all feasting on The Repair Shop and reruns of The Vicar of Dibley. The skies are […]
Category: Submissions
New update to the UK poetry mags submissions list. Also Spring coming soon.
Yesterday I sent out the latest update to the magazines subs list, which if you’re on my mailing list you should have received, […]
Rejections, invitations, forthcoming events & what I’m reading
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 […]
My 2019 submissions: successes & fails | poetry blog
One of the things about statistics is you can present them is whatever light you wish: draw attention to this rather than that, […]
A dry month in Purgatory and book launch imminent
Day Four of No-booze-vember and I’m thinking of making an advent calendar to count down the days to when I’m allowed a glass […]
Let’s talk about failures…
There’s something that happens more and more on Twitter that makes me feel slightly queasy. But I also hesitate to say this, because […]
Updated – UK Poetry Mags Subs Windows
It’s that time again! I’ve updated the list of UK poetry magazines and it’s gone out to everyone who has requested it, as […]
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 […]
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 […]
Summer reading, thinking & waiting
After a couple of weeks of what’s felt like full-on socialising in our sunny garden, I’m enjoying a quiet day alone catching up, […]