At least, since 14th February 1979… Ryan, my then boyfriend, had failed his Uni exams the year before, purely co-incidentally three weeks before the end of summer term, at around the time we got together. He’d gone back home and found a series of jobs while waiting for permission to retake the year, and somehow …
As I am dilly-dallying about starting work on my third novel, I am casting around for inspiration, waiting for a couple of ideas to collide in a way that sparks my interest – enough to keep me going for at least a year. Looking back, I can see more clearly what the first two novels …
I do apologise. I don’t think I’ll ever manage a more clickbaity blog title. As I’m still not well enough to attend any of the book launch events, I had to do something to have a little fun. So I’ve been doing some baking. Gluten- free, of course. First, the naked cookies. I do confess …
I confess, I am really excited about this. I am very proud of my story, Too Much Tea, which is published today in this beautiful paperback. I’ve only been writing memoir for around a year – I’ve previously concentrated on fiction. I’ve had to do a lot of thinking – not only about the differences …
One of the textiles pieces I’m most proud of is this quilt, which I made for the wedding of two of my loveliest friends. I’ve made quilts before – by which I mean, I’ve chosen fabrics and cut them and pieced them into a quilt top, and then I’ve sent the top of the quilt …
I am so fortunate to be able to say that I read an early draft of Carmilla Voiez’s novel Starblood way back in the dim and distant past – 2010, I think – when somehow I ended up as a (virtual) member of a writing group based in Aberdeen… I’m currently in the middle of …
I have avoided detailed spoilers but I do give some indications of the overall storyline – so please don’t read this if you don’t want to know anything at all about how that develops. I finished reading the latest Margaret Atwood yesterday – the long awaited follow up to The Handmaid’s Tale, which I first …
I’ve been meaning to add some of my best textile arts projects here for ages. Kate Savage, the narrator and hero of A Savage Art, is a textile artist and I loved imagining her various art works – although I lack the skill to carry them out. However, I am an enthusaiastic amateur and I …
Of course, once I started embroidering again and I saw this project, I couldn’t resist.
I’m not well enough to attend any protests, so I was thrilled to discover there was something I can do!
I’m sorry about the whole clown thing. I have been more than a little coulrophobic since an unpleasant incident in Blackpool Tower Circus back when I was a toddler.
But it’s the image which sprung to mind, and oh, I did enjoy every stab with that sharp needle.
If you are tempted to join in, all the details are available on Holly Searle’s blog, here
Ann
I’m so pleased that my first ever published short story, A Dog’s Life, is appearing in this anthology, edited by Elizabeth Zelvin, and published today. The kindle version is available here on Amazon UK and here on Amazon US, and I believe a paperback edition will be appearing soon. Mine is the only story set …