Write Up! Speak Up!
This will be a post in two parts. I am thrilled to be part of Write Up! Speak Up! – an event showcasing local talent just a few miles away from home in Wells. Part of the Wells Festival of Literature 2018 and in an awesome venue too. I just love the ethos – a diverse mix of speakers and performers (fact, fiction and lots more too) that I know will entertain and inspire us all. And then I found out there were 16 of us – what a fantastic array of talent it’s going to be. I know


Getting back up again
Falling off a mountain and getting back up again. It’s been that kind of a year. A rocket propelled start on the writing front with purpose, product and the heady altitude of confidence. It felt exhilarating and tangible and very good indeed – he said with a tinge of understatement. That was the Spring. I spent April on the summit and then I fell off. Life intervened, for a variety of reasons and all at once. The cad! I plummeted, I broke and it has taken a while to piece the

