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Blog Tour
Although a lot of exciting things have been happening over the last month, I’ll save those for another time. This is a blog on request. Poet Steve Ely, a fellow graduate of the Yorkshire Art Circus Writer Development Programme, asked me to be part of a relay of writers contributing to a blog tour in…
Looking to the Heavens in 2014
Working Diary Highlights 2nd December 2013: B chases up replies from agents to find one agent had not received posted manuscript of Skybound. Agent Red sends lovely email apologising and saying she would like to see it by email. B sends revised version. 4th December 2013: Cinnamon Press awarded B a bursary for a mentor…
Renovations and Transformations – Writing and The Tetley
One of the things I find most encouraging in all the ups and downs of being a writer is when people approach me or email me to say they are enjoying my blogs. This month I’ve had some lovely feedback on my work and wanted to start by sharing some of it. About the Morley…
Morley Literature Festival Commission 2013
‘Daisy Hill’, ‘Queen Street’, ‘in bloom’, and ‘cow’ all found their way into the commissioned poem below. But it wasn’t just these words and phrases that influenced its conception. Some of the other words collected by the festival team contained recurring motifs – the kindness and genuineness of the people; the beautiful historic buildings; Morley’s…