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Trapeze Artist

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18 Mar

Guernica

Next week; Spain, the Basque coast to be exact. First Bilbao, then San Sebastian and then Pamplona where there will be no running bulls – that’s in July. In 1937,…

14 Mar

See-sawing

It was as I was watching Iron and Wine in Edinburgh that something about my Spanish Civil war novel seemed to shift and make more sense. I wasn’t even thinking…

25 Feb

Housekeeping

Yesterday I attached the manuscript of my book, The Pyrate’s Boy, in an email to my agent and pressed send. Of course when I happened to glance at it a…

12 Feb

I’m teaching at Arvon this July at Moni

I’m teaching at Arvon this July at Moniak Mhor http://ow.ly/3V8MB Had a brilliant time last year in Totleigh Barton.

07 Feb

To the Gallows . . .

Almost at the end of my pirate novel, tentatively titled The Fantastic Adventures of a Pirate’s Boy. I’m hoping to finish it by Friday! Endings are hard for a number…

27 Jan

Tamara and the nudes

I have started editing a new app for the Tramway of new writing called Algebra. Inspired by a show by the artist, Keith Farquhar called  More Nudes in Colour, I…

21 Jan

Nearly there . . .

I promised myself I’d finish my pirate book by the end of January and I may just make it. Of course there’s a load of other things that have just…

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07 Jan

Jamaica and another cup of tea

So . . . I am planning on finishing  The Pirate’s Boy by the end of January. I have less than a third to go and am looking forward to…

03 Jan

Twitter

After much thought (well a little) decided to join twitter. Not sure if I’ll love or loath it – or use it as the perfect distraction instead of writing. So…

15 Dec

Kings and Suffragettes

I’ve spent the last few weeks writing short fiction, which is a complete change of gear for me. The BBC commissioned me to write a story about the Census for…

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