The one question I keep being asked by new writers is – where do you start? Sometimes we have a great idea but when we start writing we just can’t follow it through. The idea seems to go nowhere and that great story just doesn’t seem to want to come out. So what’s the problem? […]
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The Right to be Anonymous – Elena Ferrante
Lately I’ve been reading about the outing of writer, Elena Ferrante. It makes me think again about why writers choose to be anonymous and why so many women writers use initials. CHOOSING TO BE ANONYMOUS Firstly anonymity. Writers choose to be anonymous because they want to remain private. They have their own reasons for doing […]
Losing My Shadow
Those of you who have been coming here regularly will know I don’t just write about creative writing. I also write a little bit about my life now and again. So if you have been here before you probably know about Sheba, the large and beautiful German Shepherd who has been my faithful friend for […]
Leave our bits alone
Equal rights for women is not something to be embarrassed about wanting. Being a feminist is not something to be ashamed of. A woman who expresses an opinion is not being ‘strident.’ I’M NOT A FEMINIST BUT… No woman should have to prefix their desire for a bit of fairness with the squirmingly clichéd ‘I’m […]