Those of you who follow me on Instagram (because who doesn’t want to see virtually every meal I ever cook and/or eat; what…
Shortlisted!
The picture is of my ‘Opportunities’ folder which I started at the beginning of the year and holds details of all…
Project 3 ‘The Blank Page’ Ex.P24
This exercise prompts: “Recall an incident from your life. This doesn’t have to be a major incident, but it should be one…
After reading Hemingway’s ‘A Day’s Wait’
The exercise on page 19 asks that, following the reading of Ernest Hemingway’s 1000 word short story ‘A Day’s Wait‘…
My blog post live on the WE ARE OCA Blog
Thrilled that the Open College of the Arts have featured my blog post on the latest WE ARE OCA. All…
Writing for Children Part 5 ‘Other Worlds’
Eurgh… is all I can say to this part of the course. I am SO not a fantasy writer. I’m…
Focussing on an object #2
Functional, matte black and tethered like a steed to a strong tubular frame so that it can’t be stolen,…
Focussing on an object: Ex p.56
I very nearly skipped this exercise because the doors in our house merely say ‘four panelled, pine, wrong handles, locks…
Retelling ‘Cinderella’ from different PoVs
The exercise on P.48 asks that you retell the Cinderella story from different perspectives including a) the Fairy Godmother, b)…
Rewriting Animal Farm for specific ages
The exercise on p. 40 (Part Two) asks that you take the sample from Animal Farm: “Napoleon was a large,…
‘Wonder’ by R J Palacio and ‘The Tulip Touch’ by Anne Fine
I read ‘Wonder’ by R.J. Palacio because it’s a fairly contemporary read and I’d noticed it at the top of…
‘The Chinese Cinderella’ by Adeline Yen Mah
I kept hearing about a book called ‘The Chinese Cinderella’ and, as I’d read and enjoyed the book ‘Lucky’ by Alice…
Beginning Writing for Children
When my Girl was still living at home and ‘age-appropriate’ for reading the same books as me (so perhaps 13…
Formal Assessment for Writing Short Fiction (and that ‘tampering’ thing)
It felt worse than it actually was, to be frank (whoever he is). And although I could’ve submitted my work…
A Shortlisted Short…
My thanks to fellow student (and published author) Carole Richardson who alerted me to the fact I’m on the Flash500…
