As I was cleaning my teeth this morning for some reason I remembered a boy called Andrew* at primary school who was always either 1st…
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As I was cleaning my teeth this morning for some reason I remembered a boy called Andrew* at primary school who was always either 1st…
How does your writing week look? Mine can typically include things like blog posts a client email newsletter a lot of emails (sent and replied to)…
Last week I was lacking inspiration, part due to work commitments and then a 3-day headache – ugh – so it was a pleasure to…
Dear Reader For a minute I thought I was struggling already, but the Guardian came to the rescue, or rather whoever it was who posted…
After a chat with a wonderful poet friend yesterday I had a bit of a lightbulb moment (albeit over a couple of beers, funny…
First lines. Ack! It’s worse than a job interview. You have 2 seconds to make an impression. Or something like that. Do you find yourself…
The Mimi Khalvati workshop notes I posted here recently went down well, so I thought I’d share with you some gems from Don Paterson. Don…
A free evening, and it’s a couple of hours until Downton Abbey (I’ll start watching it at 9, pause it at 9.01 so it starts…
Oh well … I kind of suspected that the stuff I sent to Poetry London wasn’t going to blow Colette Brice’s socks off. So another…
I’ve been grabbing the odd hour here and there to write while my other half watches the cricket highlights each day. I need to submit…