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Five Sentences with … Gary Studley
I first came across Gary Studley’s work when he was part of the 2009-10 Canterbury Laureate Squad, and liked particularly his project with another of my sentence finishers, Vicky Wilson. Gary lives in...
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Five Sentences with … Marilyn Donovan
It’s appropriate to welcome my next guest, Marilyn Donovan to the Kent Writer Series now as she is just about to end her reign as the Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year and so hand her crown over at...
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Five Sentences with … Christopher Cassidy
Now you may not all have heard of Christopher Cassidy (yet) but I bet if you live anywhere near Tunbridge Wells, you will have looked at his popular blog about the town more than once or twice. And if...
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Five Sentences with … Bettina Cassidy
And her Ladybits… As you may have guessed if you’ve read anything by me, I have never been accused of taking myself – or life – too seriously. So even before I read her answer to my sentence, ‘The one...
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It’s NEVER just a notebook …
… if you are a writer anyway. It’s your home, your creative space, your friend who tells you the truth, your mirror, your safe spot, your dictionary, your other brain. Hell, it’s even your compost heap...
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Made it 2 – Homemade book page envelopes
These are part of a project I’m currently hatching, and come from my novel, Tell Me Everything, before you shout at me for spoiling someone else’s book! They are also inspired by my intention to make...
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Voices – a 50 word photo-story
They follow you everywhere. Even when you’re walking down the street. They don’t even throw their voices any more. Or use that secret door into your brain. The joke is that it’s all so simple. No...
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Five Sentences with… Jane Wenham-Jones
When I first started writing, one of the names I kept coming across was Jane Wenham-Jones. Perhaps this isn’t all too surprising given that as well as some excellent novels, Jane is the author of two...
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Slow and sure – a 50 word photostory
He hasn’t always moved so fast. In fact, his wife, ex-wife, would laugh at how he courted her, like a tortoise, she’d say. But he’d never wanted a hare. He wanted another tortoise. Like this woman. He...
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Dear 2012… a writing exercise
… this is what I loved about you! Recently I was lucky enough to co-facilitate a writing and personal development weekend course with Alison Piasecka at the Philidelphia Institute in London (R D...
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