Me performing at This Collection’s Friendly Poetry Slam, April 2011. As well as struggling with effortlessly balancing family life with creative pursuits, I have something of an obsessive-compulsive disorder regarding stationery. I also make a mean batch of scones.
After many years of procrastination, I decided to ‘take my writing seriously’, by which I mean more actual writing and doing more writerly type stuff in & around the lovely city of Edinburgh.
Some more fun facts:
- I am delighted to be reading (Sat 20th Aug, 4pm!) at the Edinburgh International Book Festival this year, as part of Story Shop, a wonderful programme organised by Edinburgh City of Literature to support the work of new writers in Edinburgh.
- I am a web designer, having done an MSc in Multimedia way back in 1996. Before that, I did my undergraduate degree in English Literature.
- In my early ‘twenties I founded, edited and published a Fringe guide called Triple F, which ran for 5 years.
- I am working my first novel, a dark tale of obsession, magic and love. It is set in Edinburgh, now and in the 1980′s.
- Having three small children (5 and under… arrgh!) most of my writing gets done between 5am and 7am.
This blog is about all of the above. Except possibly the scones.
Photo by the lovely Claire Askew of This Collection
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