4 Comments · Posted on August 20, 2016
I’ve been at my desk all day today, preparing for the workshops I’m running at Crystal Peaks next week, and tidying the stories I wrote while I was away. Yes. I went away. First proper break in about nine years and it was as worth it as it was needed. I had fun. I walked, […]
2 Comments · Posted on August 9, 2016
Here are a few things I’ve enjoyed over the past couple of weeks… First off, The Sculptor. An epic and wonderful graphic novel on art, relationships, and what you’d give up for the time to make something brilliant. I loved it. Juhmpha Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies – an absolute masterclass of short story writing. […]
2 Comments · Posted on August 7, 2016
Thank you to all who entered the Sandlands giveaway. The names have been printed and put in a pot. They have been shuffled and I have closed my eyes, pushed my hand into the pot and I have pulled out and unraveled a scrunched up piece of paper. And the name on the paper […]
Leave a Comment · Posted on August 4, 2016
I’ve barely finished one set of workshops for the brilliant library service in Sheffield (their books are being prepared for printingĀ as we speak) and now I get to announce another. Really, really thrilled to say I’ll be at Crystal Peaks Library for three days to work with young writers (ages 8-11). The sessions will run […]
4 Comments · Posted on August 1, 2016
So I’ve had a week where I’ve not had to be anywhere and it’s been lovely and refreshing. A different city every day, or every few, can really wear you down so it’s been nice to stop and consolidate and get up to date. And I have. Emails have been done, things have been sent […]