There’s nothing worse than a blank page. You sit down to write and all you see is emptiness staring back at you. If you experience writer’s block, you’re not alone. We… Read More »Finding Your Mojo: 6 Ways To Erase Writer’s Block
As part of this month’s Peoplespeakup Spoken Word Saturday lockdown non-gathering I submitted a video of me reading “You can believe what you want but it doesn’t make it the… Read More »Spoken Word Saturday #2
Here’s a very short poem called “That’s when I see you” that I wrote for this week’s Peoplespeakup. I’m not a very good listener. I am not very good at… Read More »That’s When I See You
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I’ve had another article published on Queen Mob’s Teahouse which is always exciting. This time, it seems that another Manc music icon wants to sully their name by saying something… Read More »This Joyless Division Will Tear Us Apart- QMT
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Another Twinkling God is part four in a flash fiction series. It follows on from: Part 1: Sequins, Stardust, and Rust Part 2: From a Rainbow to a Tragedy Part 3: Dead… Read More »Another Twinkling God
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I don’t often write autobiographical pieces, but thought I’d purge in literary form. I have a lot of memories of physical education, this one sticks with me the most. The… Read More »Physical Education
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Here’s a very short poem that I wrote in a PeopleSpeakUp Zoom workshop today. It’s a bit different from my normal style. I hope you all enjoy it! I wonder… Read More »The Invisible Strings
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Part 3 of this flash fiction series “Dead Stars Become Black Holes” uses the prompt “this will ruin everything,” as given to me by Aspasía S. Bissas. Part 1: Sequins,… Read More »Dead Stars Become Black Holes
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There. is. nothing. Hours. days. weeks. Nothing. Thoughtless voids of calming drought. Scratching. Nothing. Scratching. Scratching at the words that flow fast and free bouncing joy from the skies the… Read More »Cyclothymia
From a Rainbow to a Tragedy carries on from yesterday’s Sequin’s, Stardust, and Rust (Since Nat wanted more). If anyone wants more, I can continue…let me know! In life, he’d… Read More »From a Rainbow to a Tragedy
It’s been a while since I last posted a Flashback Friday, however, buoyed by the fact that in the last 48 hours I’ve had more page-views than in the whole… Read More »Flashback Friday #7 – Dreaming of Walls
There is nowhere more familiar than 96 pixels per inch — than 26 lines of acid ruled, A5 pages, blank. These voids used to fill me with dread — but… Read More »Nowhere More Familiar
It was just sequins and stardust and rust that sputtered from the dead singer’s mouth. No more words. Twenty-seven and finally ticking the last cliche off the checklist before heading… Read More »Sequins, Stardust and Rust
As the internet creaks with lockdown fueled conspiracy theories with racist connotations, and we have to endure jokes about kung-flu, it really does remind me that you can believe what… Read More »You can believe what you want but it doesn’t make it the truth
Last week, for Peoplespeakup’s online gathering of Spoken Word Saturday, I had my piece Worn Down Locked Down featured (Go and read it, if you haven’t already done so!). Peoplespeakup… Read More »Spoken Word Saturday
Here’s a short poem called “as i purge my soul”. As the COVID-19 lockdown has become The Great Spring Clean (that’s how it’ll be referred to in the history books… Read More »as i purge my soul.
What day was it tomorrow? Worn down locked down. We binged on tiger kings and tiger bread so long that I lost time down the back of the sofa along… Read More »Worn Down Locked Down
Today’s Flashback Friday is Pied, a piece of theatre that I wrote back in 2010. Pied has three acts. Each act portrays a different viewpoint of a pandemic, referencing theories… Read More »Flashback Friday #6 – Pied
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Does anyone else feel as though whenever they do anything non-pandemic related, such as unlock the car, or let the dog out to the yard, that they are seven minutes… Read More »Does Anyone Else Feel…?
Are you stuck indoors hiding from the coronavirus and looking for some exciting writing prompts to keep you busy? Well fear not, here are the prompts that you need for… Read More »Exciting Writing Prompts #25
The last living tree on earth had grown weary of breathing for the whole planet. Its arms stretched out holding sway against the wind. And for what? This scorched earth… Read More »The Last Living Tree On Earth
It seems like forever since I last posted a writing collaboration. I do still have a couple in my inbox, so apologies to anyone who has been waiting for a… Read More »Writing Collaboration #18 – Moving