Tag: blogging
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Round Up: January (the reflection of lace curtains on a bedroom wall)
It is 2019 and it is January and I thought by now that death would stop being my muse but she is still carving a diamond scythe into my words until the blood falls in the shape of a fairytale and what I’m saying is I am learning to talk to death in ways that…
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Published: Something Like A Spotlight / Oh God She's Talking About Jesus Again and Tarot Poems
I told you I was being busy, and I meant it. I’ve just set up two new pieces on my payhip, Something Like A Spotlight, and Oh God, She’s Talking About Jesus Again. Something Like A Spotlight is LGBT romantic fluff, wherein a nonbinary singer songwriter becomes smitten with the accidentally charming barista at the…
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Weekly Round Up: All The Things She Said
I’m always having these epiphanies. Where I realise I love this, I am serious about my craft, I want to be a legitimate writer and use all the time I have cultivating words into stories and poems that make me think, oh, yes, this is why I am here. So I’m stepping up, like I…
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BTS: 20 Years of Foyle Young Poets
On Monday, the Poetry Society and the Foyle Foundation put together an event for educators and writers celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Foyle Young Poet of the Year competition, to discuss how the competition helps young talents to thrive and how to inspire more kids to pick up a pen and let the emotion…
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Weekly Round Up: Sorry 'bout the Wait
Hi guys! So sorry I haven’t done a weekly roundup in a while – I’ve been super busy, which is the opposite of an excuse, and I also went on a brief holiday where I couldn’t bring my laptop. (I went to Sardinia, which was insanely gorgeous, and I really got to grips with some self-care –…
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Weekly Round Up: Here It Goes Again
Hi guys, happy Sunday! Writing: In Case You Missed It This week, in the interest of writing more, and being around other passionate creative types I made a real-life leap of faith and joined a writing group. It was a night of words and wine and women, all being supportive of each other’s words and…
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Weekly Round Up: Struggling Through (And Still Going)
Hey guys! I’ve been doing a lot of soul-searching really. About my future, my ideals, and what I actually want to be doing with my life. And the answer wasn’t really a surprise, but my way of looking at it had changed; see, I’m a writer. I’ve always wanted to be a writer, and there’s…
