24th December 2016

T'was the Night Before Christmas for Bibliophiles

Adapted the famous Night Before Christmas poem for book lovers:

T’was the night before Christmas, and all through the house,

Not a kindle was stirring, nor even a mouse.

The stockings were hung by the fire with care

In hopes that books would soon appear there.

21st June 2014

Marina's Golden Wedding

A poem created for my Aunt Marina for her Golden Wedding Anniversary.

18th April 2010

Ko Samui in Thailand

Poem written for my brother, who loves Ko Samui.

5th April 2010

A day in the life of Mum

Poem I wrote for my mum.

Writer's Blog • 27th June 2013

Finding the (w)right path! | Writer's Blog

Here are just a few of my favourite inspirational quotes: “Life would be so wonderful if only we knew what to do with it” – Greta Garbo. “Even a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” – Lao Tzu. Little did I realise the reason why they spoke to me on such a profound level…

Writer's Blog • 5th July 2013

Obstacles to walking the (w)right path...

There are many obstacles to walking the (w)right path. Typically those commonly mentioned in careers information and the like are: it’s a competitive industry, it’s getting harder to find work, blah blah blah… However, there is a lot more to it than first appears. Here are some of my own personal obstacles to walking the path.

Writer's Blog • 31st July 2013

My quest of self-discovery | Writer's Blog

Undertaking a blog is turning out to be a real process of self-discovery. After reading many articles and blogs (such as Writer’s Digest which I wholly recommend), it is suggested that to be a great blogger (and writer for that matter) you need to first know what you are all about, essentially ‘who you are’ - a mission statement if you will.

Writer's Blog • 19th September 2013

Literary Quotes (Part 1) | Writer's Blog

“Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of advice about writing, but if you are not writing something you like, no one else will like it either.” Meg Cabot (via writingquotes)

Writer's Blog • 1st October 2013

Literary Quotes (Part 2) | Writer's Blog

“The generalising writer is like the passionate drunk, stumbling into your house mumbling: I know I’m not being clear, exactly, but don’t you kind of feel what I’m feeling?” George Saunders (via writersrelief)

Writer's Blog • 9th October 2013

Literary Quotes (Part 3) | Writer's Blog

“A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful.” – Maurice Sendak (via thesmellofoldbooks)

Writer's Blog • 25th February 2015

Who Kneads a Diction Airy? | Writer's Blog

I halve a spelling chequer,

It came with my pea sea,

It plainly marks for my revue,

Miss stakes eye kin knot sea.

Writer's Blog • 29th February 2016

NY Resolutions: Better late than never!

In December 2015, like most people, I began thinking about what New Year’s resolutions I was going to make – and top of the list was ‘eat more healthily’ (otherwise known as ‘go on a diet!’). But as the 1st of January fell on a Friday, and it’s never a good idea to try and start a diet just before the weekend, I decided it would be more practical to move this to Monday the 4th of January...