No Such Thing as a Coincidence

by | Feb 14, 2013 | Uncategorized

I wasn’t going to blog today. I spent the morning packing for 6 weeks away — I have an entire suitcase just for medicine! Then I went for a Valentine’s Day lunch with my wonderful husband. It is a bit weird to be flying away for so long on...

Temple of a Thousand Faces by John Shors

by | Feb 13, 2013 | Uncategorized

I’m in overdrive at the moment, getting ready for my annual trip to Cambodia and the kids of Anjali House. As chance would have it, I’ve been offered the perfect way to get myself into the Cambodian feel, namely to write about a new novel, set in the...

How to Write a Poetry Play

by | Feb 8, 2013 | Uncategorized

It’s been a very busy week. But a highlight was definitely my trip to the Folkestone campus of Canterbury Christ Church University, to discuss my poetry play, Dreams of May, with one of the classes there. The poet and Victorian scholar, Carolyn Oulton, has put...

Home Truths About Poetry

by | Feb 5, 2013 | Uncategorized

I’m stumbling out of (or is it through?)  my jet-lagged haze to write down some random thoughts about writing poetry. The impetus for this is the recent blog written on the subject by the wonderfully talented, Vanessa Gebbie. You can find it here. In this post...