Routine and Creativity
My daughter has been off school for the summer; we’re currently in week seven of eight. And while I love having her home, and I relish the break from the school run, the lack of… View Post
Writing is like running a marathon
I see writers churning out book after book like it’s the easiest thing in the world and I wonder if it’s similar to running a marathon. It feels impossible until you’ve completed one and then… View Post
The things I do instead of writing
All I have ever wanted to do is write. I gave up my job to be a writer. Why then, is it such a hard thing for me to do. The fear of the blank… View Post
Wintering
In her book Wintering, Katherine May writes that there are periods in our lives when we must retreat, in order to care for and repair ourselves. I had a set back a few weeks ago.… View Post
Life is messy
After writing about how much happier I am at 45 than I was at 25, I realised that I was contradicting myself. I remembered that, not long before, I wrote about how unhappy I was… View Post