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☆ EXCITING NEWS ☆

I've been awarded an Arts Council project grant for the research element of my next book 🌊
So excited for my stationery charity shop find. 18 pencils that all say "Write Away". Perfect for my school workshops that start next week 👌

(I also loved the judgy brows on this stacking doll. Middle child syndrome?)
February 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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The Open University/Institute of English Studies are delivering a series of 3 Seminars on Creative Writing and Neurodivergence
Tue 18 Feb 2025 to Tue 4 Mar 2025. The seminars are free, but booking is essential.

Details in the link.

Please share :)
Contemporary Cultures of Writing
This seminar series looks at the ways in which neurodivergence intersects with creative writing, providing an opportunity for researchers, practitioners, and teachers to explore linkages, disconnects ...
ies.sas.ac.uk
February 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Part 6 - Behind the scenes at my headshot shoot 📸

Managing my @artscouncilengland.bsky.social project grant.

We had originally agreed to meet at the Arboretum but January was Januarying so we moved inside my house.

I don't know why I was panic hoovering - the floor doesn't feature once 🤷‍♀️.
February 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
One of my #headshots. See the new foundation I mentioned in my previous reel in action 🎬

This one is unlikely to make my website because we felt the wheelbarrow in the background is giving "Gardeners' World" 👩‍🌾
February 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Crossing a witch's palm with silver in exchange for a potion?

Actually hitting up @bootsuk.bsky.social in an attempt to look less tired and hairy for my headshot photoshoot!
February 16, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder 👁 - Happy Valentine's Day ❤️

#lincolncathedral #fumbalinas
February 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Part 3 - Parenting among the lists

Managing my @artscouncilengland.bsky.social project grant.

January has also been about spending time with my children, despite the cold and the excessive list writing.

* disclaimer - no children fell off the castle walls in the making of this video 😅
February 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Part 2 - Lists

Managing my @artscouncilengland.bsky.social project grant.

January has been all about battening down the hatches/blowing a whistle/shouting "brace brace".

If you're not on a Post-It note, you're probably not happening 😅
February 13, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Part 1 - Meetings

Managing my @artscouncilengland.bsky.social project grant

#Lincoln #Lincolnshire #memoryinabottle
February 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
☆ EXCITING NEWS ☆

I've been awarded an Arts Council project grant for the research element of my next book 🌊
February 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM