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Double whammy?

"The Big Frog Theory"

Thank you for waiting

Much depends on 'Yes' or 'No'...

Spotlight on "17 Alma Road"

The Quicksand that Amazon's KDP has become

When who you were is not who you have become...

Spotlight on "Once Significant Others"

When there's not a lot to feel good about...

Spotlight on "not the Sonnets"

Writing prompt #3

Spotlight on "The Red Tie"

The greatest practical joke of them all?

Yet more poems from an earlier incarnation

Do you have a vice?

Spotlight on "At Maunston Quay"

To carry on, or not to carry on...

Whichever way you want to look at it, I'm dying...

Even more poems from an earlier incarnation

Planning - Z to A

"Damage"

More poems from an earlier incarnation

The joy of a Writers' Retreat

Subscriber Showcase #3

Taking Notes

Time for a new 'Subscriber Showcase'?

What do you do when you get an idea?

Writing prompt #2

Writing prompt

"So, you think you're a Writer?" - the trailer

Heart-broken?

Poems from an earlier incarnation

"The Big Frog Theory"

Flights of fancy...

"Bound" - the trailer...

I used to be fit...

Writing Groups & Open Mics

"Dust, dancing" - the trailer...

"The Big Frog Theory" - an excerpt

Some things perhaps you shouldn't care about...

"not the Sonnets" - the trailer

"But you wouldn't change anything..."

The democratisation of writing

The question that never goes away...

"Less" - the trailer

"Oldest Profession"

"Kissing the Blue"

"At Maunston Quay" - the trailer

Have you ever asked yourself "what's the point?"

"The Red Tie" - the trailer...

"The Convalescent"

Searching for the key?

"Grimsby Docks" - the trailer...

"Writing to Gisella" (11)

I write poetry but don't consider myself 'a poet'...

"17 Alma Road" - the trailer...

"I'm sorry, but your emergency isn't my emergency."

The quality conundrum: is what you have written any good?

"Writing to Gisella" (10)

"Autumn Announced"

Okay, so I knew I was tempting fate...

"Writing to Gisella" (9)

"Where have all the lapwings gone?"

Is the important thing about horizons...

"The Labyrinth"

Inspiration - or 'The Muse'..?

"Writing to Gisella" (8)

A surprise visit from a dear old friend

"The Big Frog Theory"

"Writing to Gisella" (7)

Staring into the headlights

"It's not about me..."

"Writing to Gisella" (6)

My father died yesterday

Walking the tightrope of anthology editing

The first time I read Sartre I thought I was so grown-up...

"Writing to Gisella" (5)

"The Guide at Fountain's Abbey"

Why writing is like making meringues...

When you're too old to land an Agent...

"Writing to Gisella" (4)