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Hello, Substack

It's been a little while since I've written a blog post, and one of the reasons for this is because I'm slowly feeling my way into the world of Substack. Apparently this is where lots of writers hang out, and I thought I'd dip my toe in. I'm…
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Have I run out of Words?

There are many things I’ve been very quiet on recently. Believe it or not, save for the odd blog, I haven’t created any of my own writing over the past year, hugely enjoying instead enabling others to write through various courses and workshops.…
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Writing the River

‘…the river still chattered on…a babbling procession of the best stories in the world, sent from the heart of the earth to be told at last to the insatiable sea.’ From The Wind in the Willows 💧 Off the back of the publication…
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Interview about The River Days of Rosie Crow with Future Radio

Last week I was interviewed for Future Radio, a local Norfolk radio station about how I started writing, inspiration behind The River Days of Rosie Crow and my Writing the River workshops at Aylsham Library. Have a listen here: I have…
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Having a moment

I had a moment last week. I was in the city and I thought I'd nip into one of the most popular book shops there, The Book Hive. A friend had mentioned that she'd been in recently to get The River Days of Rosie Crow and there were some problems…
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Article about The River Days of Rosie Crow in Eastern Daily Press

Over the weekend, I had a double spread article in the Eastern Daily Press, a popular local newspaper. In the article, I write about the inspiration behind my novel, where my ideas come from, how the plot slowly evolved and why we all need…
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Spoken Excerpt from The River Days of Rosie Crow

I'm lucky enough to live in Norwich, a UNESCO City of Literature, a city designated as such since 2012. For the last 900 years writers in this city have fought for the abolition of slavery, started the first provincial newspaper, fomented revolution…
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The River Days of Rosie Crow - almost here!

I love this cover so much. I really do. I'm a little done with people on my front cover's staring wistfully out to the distance, so imagine my delight when my publisher for this novel (definitely a benefit of signing with a small, indie…
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A thing or two about perseverance

A number of years ago I was walking around outside Old Spitalfields market in London when I came across a plaque in a square. I stopped to read it, and something shifted in me the way that it does when I know something important has happened.…
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Rejection and Acceptance

This is a photo of me back in 2005, when I was twenty-seven years old. I had finished writing my first book, The Poet's Wife (which I called In the Shade of the Orange Tree - this was later changed by the publisher) and my then-boyfriend-now-husband,…