Navigating Through the Storms

Navigating Through the Storms

by | Jul 31, 2016 | politics, United States, Writing

At the beginning of July, we moved out of the UK. That move after 26 years — a lifetime, really — coincided with the storm brought about by the Brexit referendum. There’s no need to describe what that was like. Anyone likely to be reading this blog...

Where Do Poems Come From?

by | Jul 5, 2016 | Personal, poetry, Writing

Here’s a little story….. In 2008, when I was promoting my first novel, Tangled Roots, I was interviewed by a BBC affiliate radio station. It was one of my first ever radio interviews and I was both excited and nervous. It was going well. I was hitting all...