And today, it’s World Poetry Day.I’m studying for an MA in Creative Writing at the moment. Creative Nonfiction is my main genre, and poetry is my secondary choice—something I’d not done much
Read more...Let’s really put the WORLD into World Storytelling Day this year.There are amazing stories and books from hundreds of years of British and American and European cultures, and many of them are books
Read more...I have social anxiety, did I mention it?Not just the usual stuff everyone says they have; I mean, I need a shower after saying “hello” to a stranger.People are surprised by this because apparently
Read more...“You just open up your legs and stuff it in,” I explained.Then stared, baffled, as everyone at the table collapsed in gales of laughter.“What? WHAT?”Let me provide some context. We were on a
Read more...Did you know St Patrick was supposed to have driven all the snakes out of Ireland?By which They mean, all the pagans.Because St Patrick returned to Ireland to convert all the unbelievers to Christianity.He
Read more...It is National Panda Day today and honestly if someone offered me a job looking after baby pandas, I’d drop all this in a heartbeat.Maybe.They are SO CUTE though.What do you find super-cute? Maybe
Read more...I have a quiet little loathing for the word “better”.I hates it.It’s vague and meaningless and it lets us off the hook.Like when people promise, “I’ll help you become a better writer.” I
Read more...At the beginning of March, it was World Book Day—today is write your story day.So tell me: what’s your story?That’s quite a big question, though, so I’ll narrow it down. What’s your origin
Read more...Jewellery’s a funny thing. Since time immemorial, humans have decorated their bodies with shiny stuff.Some of the earliest human burials contain jewellery.Even some animals wear “jewellery”—like
Read more...On Saturdays when I was little, teatime would always be the same.I’d have been dancing in the morning, then horseriding all afternoon, working in the stables in return for a lesson.Then I’d have
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