Month: October 2023

Gods and Monsters

This extraordinary, thrilling, soaring anthology has been gracing bookshop shelves since September now, and I’ve not had nearly enough time to shout about it. Ana Sampson produces exceptional books. I have several! And of course it’s wonderful to be in a poetry collection illustrated by my now long-time-collaborator, Chris Riddell! Gods and Monsters is a…

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Journal #25 – Bumblebee jasper

In my last post, I wrote about how the last couple of months had been a time of transformation. Wrapping up novels, house renovations, body changes, and a new baby.

Even one of those is enough to send your head in a spin. But all of them together? That’s true disorientation.

So what life chapter am I in now?

Stories for Runa

I’ve been quiet, I know. But the last thing I’ve been is still.

Over the last two months…