Why are you reading an Advent book in October? Christmas starts earlier and earlier each year and only the other day, I cursed the Christmas and Halloween shelf space in Poundland for bumping off the Tupperware I needed. So why … Continue reading Book Review: Redeeming Advent
The moment I found out Kill Me Again was due for release on February 17th, I put everything else down and updated my Facebook ‘Book and Pudding Club’ group. The response was excitable, especially due to the handy half term … Continue reading Book Review: ‘Kill Me Again’ by Rachel Abbott
I sat beside this story on a long trip to Leeds and rediscovered it amongst the notes on my phone the other day. Just imagine the scene, the child and the voices – I hope it brings a smile to you too. At the service station Ketchup on the table. Dad goes to get napkins. Returns to clean up. (Confused) Where did it go? I licked it. (Incredulously horrified) You didn’t. I did. How did you do that? Like this. (Leans right over and licks the table again.) Continue reading At the service station
The end of Stranger Child was as tense as the start. Of course this review is about an entirely different book, but if you haven’t read … Continue reading Book Review: ‘Nowhere Child’ by Rachel Abbott
At Poetry Unplugged last week I was inspired to revisit the genre of poetry. In the intervening week it has gone..well, the week has gone, and no poetry of worth has yet passed through my pen/iPad. Whilst there and inspired, … Continue reading Poetry: Little Miss Red
One of my biggest aspirations in life is to write a book. It’s something I’ve started, and I’ve even got as far as 10,000 words and then I got stuck into editing. I love editing, but it’s not much use … Continue reading Aspirations to Authorship
I wrote this a number of years ago as part of my English degree course. The brief was a monologue – a person’s speech to the camera/audience – and I took my inspiration from Blood Brothers, which I had recently seen, and in which the lead female character is also a cleaner. In the slight adjustment of my blog, I have readded this to a ‘Fiction’ category – I hope you enjoy it! Monologue Woman enters a kitchen and sits down. She is wearing cleaning overalls. (Accent like Julie Walters) So I’m a cleaner right? And my Mam said to … Continue reading Fiction: a monologue
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