This Writing Life – Page 3

People of the Village

November 12, 2021

is the title of a short story of mine (now available here) written for the Imagining History conference at the University of South Wales. Opening Friday 12 November with an exhibition!

A closing down of tabs

September 22, 2021

The September Equinox finds me in the blessed space between stories. Warning: this post contains a photo of a spider.

Read my lips

July 23, 2021

An extract from The Chicken Soup Murder, read by me on Youtube. See me looking both owlish and like my mother, which is quite funny as I am channelling the voice and views of a ten-year-old boy.

Indelible: ‘Food and Nurture’

June 25, 2021

‘The day before the murder, George Bull tried to poison me with a cheese sandwich.’

The long and the short

May 28, 2021

Lately, I have been writing a story. It’s the kind that takes a long time to make short.

A Touching Tale: Maria Donovan and The Chicken Soup Murder — Q& A with Sarah Scribbles

April 2, 2021

Sarah Tinsley asks some great questions about my novel, The Chicken Soup Murder, plus there’s advice for writers starting out. For the full post it’s over to Sarah Scribbles.

Indelible News!

March 12, 2021

Free and happening online March 15. 6pm local time is 2pm UTC 🙂

Return of the Pen

September 25, 2020

After a year in my kitchen, the Dorset Award Statue goes back to The Book Shop, Bridport, to be presented to the highest-placed author from Dorset in this year’s Bridport Prize.

Writing on the other side

August 21, 2020

Every day I go to the place where I write. How do I get there? Sometimes it’s easy. Often I have to give myself directions and a downright good talking to …