50 – and a failure?
When I was a kid, fifty was ancient. Fifty-year-olds were pretty much pushing up the daisies. But living through several
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Reflections
2025 so far: turning 49, getting my writing out there, and cyanotypes!
The first half of 2025 has been a bit hard going for me. I won’t go into the details of
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Worrying and wondering – where is my writing going?
Amidst the busyness of Christmas preparations I’ve caught myself reflecting on the writing I’ve done this year. Considering all the
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A Summer of New Experiences
I wanted to look back on a few of the things I did this summer with a view to reminding myself that I can set anxieties aside and push myself to do new things.
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I am not a machine. (Some thoughts on AI and creativity.)
Last Saturday, over our usual morning coffee, my husband told me about an entrepreneur he’d been listening to on YouTube
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Short stories: why read them? Why write them? Why analyse them?
Imagine going into your local Waterstones and browsing the nearest tables of books. What would you likely see on display?
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On loss and the language of loss
Earlier this month, on the 17 March 2023, my wonderful father-in-law, Dr Laurence Bellamy, died. His death wasn’t completely unexpected
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My 8 most life-enriching books of 2022
A part of me thinks it would be a good idea to record what I read during the year. Another
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The End of (Another) Era
Back in 2018 I wrote a post about my daughter’s time at primary school coming to an end. It felt
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What is horror? A few thoughts from someone new to reading horror.
Although there are many articles that answer the question, ‘What is horror?’ (this post by Brian J. Showers is particularly
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Reflecting on 2021 and some goals for 2022
This time last year we’d just gone into lockdown again and I was busy home schooling. Just the other day
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A Year of “Me Time”
Since this is the one year anniversary of when I announced that I’d be closing down my small press, Mother’s
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