Another poem

I decided to write a poem for every day in May as I worked through the responses from my beta readers to my cookbook, and also worked on editing a short creative non-fiction piece. Half way through the month I started looking over the poems I wrote at the start of the month, deciding if … Continue reading Another poem →

Drop Stitch (a flash fiction)

Hello again! I've been told my poetry chapbook has moved into a second round of a competition. So, while I'm working on (hopefully close to actually final) edits to my cookbook, and maybe poking away at a short story about a castle, I've decided this a good time to try writing a poem a day, … Continue reading Drop Stitch (a flash fiction) →

Progress

I have one of those t-shirts with a sloth on it saying "We will get there when we get there" and I feel this is particularly true for my cookbook. It's a week and a bit later than I hoped, but the fourth draft of my cookbook/guidebook is done! I'm lucky enough to be able … Continue reading Progress →

Spring poem

I read an Erle Stanley Gardner/Perry Mason novelette last month. It was not exactly literary, but it was exciting and fun in places. The novelette came in a hardcover book with two other novelettes, which I decided I didn't need to read. (Did I mention these popular lawyer-detective books were not exactly literary?) What was … Continue reading Spring poem →

Numbers! Out of her head!

Note: Pinhole Poetry has posted an interview with me to go alongside my poem 'Verb, which can also be found through Pinhole. I had the nugget of an idea for a children's story, about a girl who has, well, numbers, coming out of her head. As I am going over the stories I started but … Continue reading Numbers! Out of her head! →