
THE THRILL OF BEING SOMEONE ELSE
Last night I watched the movie Complete Unknown about a woman (played by Rachel Weisz) who continually reinvents herself, leaving an old...


HOW WRITING MY MEMOIR ALMOST KILLED ME
* Published in The Guardian This month it will be ten years since my memoir, Grief Girl, was published and only now am I beginning to...


WE'RE ALL AMATEURS
I’m rereading Austin Kleon’s wonderful book ‘Show Your Work’ in an attempt to muster up the courage to publish this blog. For anyone else...


SHITTY FIRST DRAFTS
Blogging concerns me because good writing takes time, and some distance, before publication. First drafts are invariably pieces of shit....