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Oh good question! Being settled at my writing desk after dinner with my favourite playlist on definitely helps. Thinking through what I plan to write while I’m out walking also helps. If I’m not in the mood to work on my current book baby, I’ll write something else but I try to always write something daily Music, the beach, love…. These are the themes at the heart of all my book babies so far…

For the third year in succession, I recently took part in Beth Kempton’s Meet the Writer online challenge. Fifteen prompts/questions over fifteen days that will hopefully give you a bit of an insight into my creative world. As before I’ll split this across three blogs. I love creating and developing my characters and getting to know them. I love creating their world. In my current work in…

Recently I have been taking part in one of Beth Kempton’s #tinypoem challenges. I love these as they keep the creative juices flowing. You get a one-word prompt for the day and 10 minutes with no editing to come up with a poem. Simple, right? A recent word prompt stirred nostalgic childhood memories. The word was FOLDED. Immediately a picture formed in my mind’s eye. Who else remembers making…

I remember vividly being introduced to Haiku in my English class in high school. We were in the midst of a project to write our autobiographies (how much does a 12-year-old have to put in an autobiography? – I still have it by the way) and the teacher, Mr Coton, taught us how to write Japanese Haiku poetry. The strict structure of the poem fascinated me. For those who are going “what’s a…

Latest #tinysummerpoem challenge prompt from Beth Kempton ✨️ paint ✨️ 10mins no editing this is mine what will yours be? I can't wait to see xx

For budding poets join in with Beth Kempton #tinysummerpoem one word prompts it's fun and so therapeutic in terms of wellbeing.

“The taller I stood in my vulnerability, the longer the shadow of strength that fell behind me.” That sentence by Beth Kempton resonates with me. Six months have passed since G drew his last breath, ending his and our (the kids and I’s) ordeal that was his Glioblastoma journey. It was a journey to hell and back and then some. In the midst of the journey that lasted for just over three years, it…