A few months ago I hit a bit of a wall. I’d been writing some short stories, and though the ideas kept coming, the wall I hit was more of a metaphysical one. I totally couldn’t tell if what I was writing was actually good or complete baloney. There was no way to tell. Though…
Journal#5: The Thing About Endings…
It’s been a helluvafewweeks. All go, and no stop. Writing, writing at the day job, attending the Northern Poetry Symposium, editing an anthology, blogging… All at the same time as managing the rest of life and bit of a sick cat. This task mash-up normally results in my not being able to really concentrate on…
MudFest!
It’s MudFest this week, people! MUDFEST! If you haven’t heard about this yet, it’s a splendiferous showcase of live art, performance poetry, eclectic live music, an indie marketplace, a poetry kissing booth… And it’s the launch of the new WOMAN Anthology from Mud Press. The event is being directed by Founding Editor Georgina Wilding as…
NaPoWriMo
What is this weird string of code, you may ask? Those who are familiar with the term will recognise it as the abbreviated term for National Poetry Writing Month – which is April. I think the equivalent novel writing month (NaNoWriMo – November) has received far more popularity, but Poetry month is definitely on the…
Submissions Open for White Noise and Ouija Boards!
I can hereby announce that submissions are open for the latest anthology from Three Drops Press – White Noise and Ouija Boards! This is the first anthology I’ve been a Guest Editor for, and I’m incredibly excited to see what’s in store. Many many moons ago, I had my very first poem published in a…
Bone Ovation
Here it is… The big news. The showstopper. The little thing I teased a few weeks ago when I talked about shoving large amounts of cake in my face (it was my birthday too around that time – hence the over-interest in cake!) The big kahuna. My poetry collection ‘Bone Ovation’ is going to be…
Journal#4: White
Having a final poem launched by In Between Hangovers on the topic of aging has reminded me (cruelly) that like everyone, I’m getting older. It was my 31st birthday on Sunday – and rather than dancing ‘til my knees fall off I spent it by the seaside, at heritage sights, and then at a delightful…
Black Holes & Revelations
It’s been a rocky couple of weeks emotionally. It’s so strange – sometimes I’m boundless, ricocheting from success to flop, flop to success, success to success, flop to flop… Taking it all in my stride. More often than not, my reaction to a rejection is only a resolute stare and the determination to do two…
White Noise & Ouija Boards
An exciting first for me… One that I’m bursting with excitement to reveal! (So much so that I’m not even going to build it up – it’s THAT GOOD). This summer, I’m going to be guest editing the latest anthology from Three Drops Press, alongside Managing Editor Kate Garrett-Nield! The anthology is entitled ‘White Noise…
Submitting Vs Writing
I do sometimes find it tricky to strike the balance between writing and the somewhat less artful art of submitting. I can get tied up too much in submitting to journals and anthologies, writing the cover letters, doing the endless copying and pasting of poems into a single word document (for some reason this is…
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