Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn
Like ice-cream, every summer holiday has its own particular “flavour”. Now that both my children have returned to school and […]
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writing
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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An Update on an Old Intention (aka How Ideas Mutate and Grow)
In October 2016 I did something unusual: I posted an ‘Intention’ (note the capital I) on my blog.
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Imagination, Inspiration, and Ursula Le Guin
Since my husband is a scientist and I’m an ex-scientist, we both love science fiction (reading and writing it).
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Reflections on a Decade of Mothering
As we near the end of the year I can’t help but look back. 2017 was a big ‘mothering year’
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The 100th Post! Blue Sky Tag (a Q&A with me), 5 Year Blogiversary & Giveaway
A while back, I was lucky enough to be nominated by the ever-thougtful Dawn from Journal of Dawn
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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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On Boundaries & Being a Minecraft Mum
Last year, when I finally got to bed on Christmas Eve I had the sudden realization that we had
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Women in Science
As we’re currently in British Science Week (10 – 19th March), I thought it the perfect opportunity to write about
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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New Year’s Resolutions? No thanks. I’ll do ‘Sustainable Positive Habits’ Instead.
Oh dear, my title has given away all the exciting stuff I was going to explain. Never mind.
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On Darkness and the Age of Enlightenment
Today, I am full of tears. I am hormonal, I am tired. A short story not being placed in a
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