Looking back on 2020
I doubt there’ll be many people lamenting the passing of 2020 but, despite the awfulness of the Covid-19 pandemic, I […]
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Art
FantasyCon, kindness, and some writing revelations
Sometimes I wonder what the SFF book world must look like to those outside it. To those not enamoured with
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Reflecting on 2018 and a Giveaway!
Reflection is always valuable, but the end of the year provides the perfect excuse to pause and reflect on one’s
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The Rise and Rise of Renaissance Woman
A year or two ago I went to an event at the excellent Five Leaves Bookshop and got chatting to
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Finding Your Style
Creatives, particularly those newer to their craft, sometimes despair that there’s nothing truly original left to create – that it’s
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Gifts of Nature; Summer Reminiscing
Today is a bright day, a glorious day, and I am glad of the autumn sunshine since, lately, the world
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Seeing Myself in My Parents; Seeing My Parents in Myself
Sometime last year I took my daughter to a friend’s birthday party. As I stood in the café area of
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Our Cat, a Little Bird and Some Thoughts on ‘Persuasion’
A couple of weeks ago I had a total of 20 creative pieces ‘out there’ in submissions land. I was
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Anticipation, persistence and um… hairy legs
Although there were a couple of crappy things that happened in February – family illnesses and me managing to dent
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Limerence, and Are You Addicted to Love?
Limerence is defined as: (psychology) An involuntary romantic infatuation with another person, especially combined with an overwhelming, obsessive need to
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An Intention and Meet Starry-You
To date I’ve not been one to declare an intention publicly (I’m more the quiet person in the background
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Ice cream, and other good things that come to an end
Tomorrow my children will be going back to school. I will, no doubt, be experiencing a mix of
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