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Andrew left for work early this morning and I fell back to sleep listening to the radio. I woke up again at about 7am to the sound of Radio 4 playing David Bowie interviews and songs and talking about him in the past tense. What? He released his new album Black Star on Friday, his… Continue reading I never met him but I felt he sang to me
I was lucky enough to read at Buzzwords in Cheltenham last Sunday night. Cheltenham is about an hour and twenty minutes away by car and Andrew, my husband, kindly offered to drive. It might sound strange, but sometimes car journeys are the only times we spend quality time together these days. Andrew tends to work… Continue reading My writer’s diary this week
Judging by a few comments I've read recently, It seems that New Year is a time when people decide to start a new blog or make a decision to blog more regularly. For the last two years, I've been trying to write in this blog at least once a week although I haven't always succeeded.… Continue reading On blogging regularly
Of course there are a million and one other things I should be getting on with but I haven't had a go at one of the weekly photo challenges in ages and I just felt like doing this week's challenge which is 'Circle'. As I was replacing our family wall planner earlier today, I glanced at last… Continue reading Another year has come full circle
Let's face it, I use 'wonderful' far too much. And 'fabulous' is often unattainable. So, to be realistic, I hope the balance of good and bad times weighs in your favour in 2016. When I was a child, on New Year's Eve, at the stroke of midnight, my black-haired father walked out of our back door and… Continue reading Wishing you a reasonably nice 2016
A small miracle occurred this last fortnight since, in between present buying/wrapping/giving/receiving, in between tree decorating, food buying/preparing/eating/clearing-up, a few hospital appointments, Carol Concerts and church services, in between socialising, relation-visiting and charade playing, a new poem emerged. Hallelujah! There's even been a submission or two, some re-drafting, some reading of submissions to And Other Poems, and… Continue reading Sharing desk space with the Christmas fairy
It's been four years since I set up this blog. For the last two years I've been trying to write in it every week but, very recently, my resolve has lapsed. I admire bloggers who never disappoint their readers, a bit like the most faithful members of a sports team who turn up to play… Continue reading Top reads at this blog
Christmas arrived early for me, this week, since my poetry pamphlet 'The Misplaced House' received two favourable reviews. Claire Trévien's review is available to read at Sabotage Reviews here and Helena Nelson's review is at the newly relaunched Sphinx Reviews here. Claire is fund-raising for the widely-admired Saboteur Awards by reviewing one pamphlet a day during… Continue reading Two new reviews for ‘The Misplaced House’
It's one year since my poetry pamphlet, The Misplaced House, was published by tall-lighthouse. Thank you to everyone who's bought my book. According to Gareth Lewis, editor and publisher at tall-lighthouse, The Misplaced House ranks in the top five bestsellers of all poetry titles ever published by the press. While this news hasn't sent me… Continue reading One year since my pamphlet was published
I wanted to share with you this great post on Fiona Moore's blog about how Stephen Payne came to publish his debut collection with HappenStance. Pattern Beyond Chance has just been published, nine years after Stephen first emailed HappenStance publisher, Helena Nelson, with a tentative enquiry about critiquing his poems. It's fascinating to read how… Continue reading Stephen Payne’s publication story
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