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Finding my place

How not to book bully

My kind of cuckoo

A quirk of collective nouns

A charm of goldfinches. An exultation of skylarks. I love these phrases even more than a murder of crows or unkindness of ravens. Some...

The love quiz

Here comes that Valentine’s Day. I’m not a fan. My tweenie/teenie self knew she wouldn’t get any cards (apart from Mum's bad fake that...

Wishful resolution

For 2022, I've decided to make wishes instead of resolutions. In my humble opinion, this is no time for common sense. Here are my wishes...

Ten words until fairy lights

Here’s my pre-advent advent calendar of words to distract me from late Novemberishness. I'll attempt to use each day’s word on that day,...

How do you do hello?

I said Good afternoon the other day, and realised I hardly ever do. It got me thinking about how boring my greetings are. I’m a yawny old...

Reading our own ways

Isn’t it brilliant that when we read fiction, you and me, we each do it in our own unique way? I don’t only mean the details we might...

A disappearing ghost story

'Want to hear a local ghost story?' one of my lovely colleagues at ProperJob asked. 'Yes please,' we all replied. 'It is that time of...

Stuff happens faster when you’re falling

Yesterday I finished a rewrite that began as a final edit following previous corrections to revisions of a novel I first drafted in 2016....

I do not think it means what you think it means

This week, in The Properjob, my colleagues challenged me to a game of Call My Bluff, an old British TV gameshow about words. (It’s...

Goal number 2 is balloons

Me: Gonzo, hooray, you’re back! Gonzo (my creative mind): I was right here all along, like always. It was you that went on holidays....

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Reading, writing and smiling

I live in Sussex by the sea, writing odd little fictions, poems, and speculative novels. I post about everyday magic, happy writing and curious words.

You can find my work in Beyond Words Literary Magazine, the Amazon bestselling Wounds I Healed, the NonBinary Review, Write Like You're Alive, True Tales from the Old Hill , Hysteria 6, Everyday Epics, Stories for Homes, and Every Day Fiction.

There are also some tiny fictions on this site which I hope you enjoy.

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My book reviews are over on Goodreads. I'm always delighted to receive requests from authors. If your book appeals to me I'll buy it, read it and review it. I'd love to hear from you.

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