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Posted on February 27, 2021February 27, 2021

A turnaround week

I started this week feeling uninspired – one of my least favourite sensations – and have finished with so much in my head I don’t know what to put in…

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Posted on January 9, 2021

An ode to term-time and escaping literary gloom.

Oooh! I’ve changed my WordPress theme. I even like the draft page better. I always enjoy the sanity of a new term. We’re in full lockdown and home-schooling. You might…

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Posted on November 28, 2020

Nanowrimo week 4: “Winning” a novel and whether the Crown should be this gripping.

New blog post: “Winning” a novel and whether the Crown should be this gripping.

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Posted on January 15, 2018January 14, 2018

Clean feet, interviews and 100 years of the vote.

I have different kinds of love for each type of writing I do. Developing a novel is like parenting: you’re bringing something into being that wouldn’t otherwise exist, but there…

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Posted on May 31, 2017May 31, 2017

Half-term, free writing sessions and Jane Austen.

It’s half term. In my humble opinion, I’m not doing too bad a job as a mother. The children have been outside in the garden more than they’ve watched telly.…

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Posted on May 22, 2017May 26, 2017

Bournemouth 19/05/17

It was dark, but this is Bournemouth, in the middle of a subway, under a roundabout: Is it just me being pretentious, or is there a metaphor here? Even if…

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Posted on February 23, 2017February 23, 2017

Where facebook comes in handy

It’s been an interesting week. To be honest, I’m a wee bit overwhelmed. My youngest sister graduated her Masters (with distinction we find from facebook- my family have never been…

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Posted on August 5, 2016

Beatrix Potter: sheep-farming scientist and author.

My article on Beatrix Potter’s Lake District is published today in Britain Magazine. Controlled by her mother, constricted by Victorian expectations of women, she worried she’d never find anything useful…

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