First of all a huge thank you to Matthew Stewart of Rogue Strands who has once again mentioned my blog in his ‘Best UK Poetry…
Poetry
First of all a huge thank you to Matthew Stewart of Rogue Strands who has once again mentioned my blog in his ‘Best UK Poetry…
Waiting to hear the results of submissions can be like waiting for the interest rate to change – something could happen today, next month or not…
Being back early from our hols due to N spraining his ankle, I found I had a day ‘in hand’ and was strangely at a…
Yesterday was the first session of a ‘Build your social web presence’ course I’m teaching at New Writing South, and the common question of how…
Just raising my head above the parapet to report that I’m about 20k words into my book and now at the point where I have…
Good news and bad news! Quick update first of all to my October ‘working on, waiting on’ post: Poetry London – standard rejection slip. Shearsman…
I’m sat here with a number of scribbled-on poems around me, trying to decide which one(s) to resume work on and which to re-file for…
As a poet friend once said to me, it’s always lovely when a poem finds a home. It’s true – it gives you permission to…
Two rejections this week – firstly, a ruthlessly perky email from Mslexia regarding their poetry comp (subject line “Better luck next time!”) – I suppose…
It was a long time coming (4 months) but Under the Radar finally emailed me a standard ‘not this time’ (or possibly ever?) note the…