Book Review: Seal Mother by Rose English

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Setting The story is set in our world and inspired by the well known Selike folktale. If you’ve not heard of a Selkie, they are seals that can come onto land, shed their pelt, and…

April, I featured poets – what’s next?

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April is the month of poetry. But as I was doing Camp NaNo, I decided to feature other poets on my Instagram. I posted asking for volunteers. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvb3BGoHuMf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link I was blown away by the number…

Handwrite to boost creativity

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I recently enjoyed a blog post on the pros and cons of writing by hand. It got me thinking about how I like to write. Many people find it beneficial to write by hand. They…

A poetry collection for Valentines

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If you follow me on Twitter then you may already know that I have been working this month on updating my love theme poetry collection. If you would like to read, please head over to…

Me being featured!

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Today, I am writing about one of my posts being featured on someone elses blog. It is the first time one of my articles has been shared. I was flattered, honoured and it felt like…

NaPoWriMo Wrap Up – Alison Aldridge

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via NaPoWriMo Wrap Up - Alison Aldridge Carol J Forrester posted that she was looking for NaNoWriMo participants to feature on her blog. I let her know I was interested and answered her questions about…

Reflecting on NaPoWriMo

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30 days of NaPoWriMo These images are snippets from the 30 days of poems: [gallery ids="1121,1122,1123,1125,1124,1126,1130,1136,1127,1128,1140,1135,1133,1132,1134,1138,1139,1131,1129,1137,1141,1142,1146,1143,1145,1148,1150,1147,1144,1149" type="slideshow"] The challenge is over and I did it.  It's time to reflect on how it went. Three things…

Day 30 – Paint

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Claude Monet, Claude Monet Why must you paint? You could get a real job Selling fruit and veg There’s an opening at the grocer Go put your application into Ed If you have an eye…

Day 29 – Locomotive

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Do not go off track You will reach your course in time Stay on the iron rails *****  Day 29’s challenge For Day 29 the prompt is to write a poem ”based on the Plath Poetry Project’s…

Day 28 – Postcard

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***** Day 28’s challenge For Day 28 the prompt is to write ”a prose poem in the form/style of a postcard. If you need some inspiration, why not check out some images of vintage postcards?”…