Helen Hitchens (pen name Alex Spear)
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Helen Hitchens (pen name Alex Spear)
@hogelstick.bsky.social
Lesbian. Writer and artist. Londoner living in USA. Foodie. Lefty. Feminist. Contact me for digital marketing
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August 20, 2025 at 2:39 AM
1211 Decatur St, New Orleans
August 20, 2025 at 2:36 AM
...a fish out of water, in this novel

www.amazon.com/Fear-Flying-...
Fear of Flying
Amazon.com: Fear of Flying: 9798302080455: Spear, Alex: Books
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July 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
...son. I had a lot of fun describing what it is like to live in another country.

I always knew I would love America and my only regret is that it took me so long to get here. Being an 'ex-pat' from London means that so many things are different. I tried to show some of this experience of being...
July 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
...novels based on the places and people I was discovering on my journey.

One of them I have just self-published on Amazon and it would mean the world to me if folks would buy it. Let me know what you think!

It is a 'whodunnit' murder mystery set in New Orleans, with Wayne and his wife and young..
July 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
...than they give themselves credit for.)

I also stumbled upon my second home in the US.

I have been travelling around on the trip of a lifetime since I first stepped foot in America right after the pandemic. I made notes about this amazing country and drafted a couple of manuscripts for new...
July 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
...should have considered art school.

So I embarked on a Masters in Fine Arts even though I was already 40 years old. The most astonishing side quests appeared from this as if by magic. I discovered a flair for business to business marketing (every artist and novelist is much better at this...
July 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
...when I could spare the time and energy.

Discussions with my brave mother as she stood up to cancer treatment and palliative care for 2 years, made me realise that all of us have a short time on earth.

It was her actually who raised the fact that I had always been creative and perhaps...
July 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM