This time he bought me roses. Their razor thorns grazed his face when I cracked them across his skull. They swung so smoothly through the air, whistling as they went.
5 stationery brands you need in your life
We all need stationery. Some people don’t *need* it like I *need* it, but I am hoping in sharing my little discoveries with you that you might start to see the humble pen and paper as I do. I’ve had a fondness for stocking up…
Doing what you love on International Women’s Day | A short story
Today we celebrate the ladies. And to honour International Women’s Day I am paying attention to myself, or more importantly, the reason I was put on this crazy little planet. Because it’s easy as a creative to get caught up in…
For the love of stationery – Caboodle magazine
Seeing my name in the pages of a magazine will never get old. Especially when I spent years dreaming of the day I’d be able to walk into a shop and pick up a title with my work in. This month I…
We have lift off.
Hello LADYFACES and BOYFEATURES! The facelift is finally finished, and all systems are go at lady-face.com.
Why engagement is the key to being a better blogger
Greetings oh blogging world. I am back this week with a piece I wrote for the wonderful Belong Magazine… We all love our little blogger back and forths, and this month I have been exploring just why. Check out the…
Reading the world away
There is something about reading. Lots of us do it here on wordpress, it’s what has brought us together, and I tried to put into words exactly what it is that I love for Perdiz Magazine last week.
Can a book help you write a book?
I’ve often wondered about books that teach you how to write books. On the one hand, I’ve always thought “if I am going to be a novelist, surely I should just be able to write a book?” But on the…
Writing a book is not that easy, but that’s ok.
A few months ago you may have seen me make a formal commitment to my novel, promising myself (and the blogging world) that I would work on it every Friday afternoon. At it stands, this is not going so swimmingly, I have written a grand total of no chapters.
Why unicorns are the key to my every day
I read a couple of weeks ago that BPIRAU is the new ‘Shit Happens’. BPIRAU stands for ‘Bitch please I ride a unicorn’. I much prefer this to ‘Shit Happens’.
Literary Lion. Meow.
When the maid found him he was strapped to the toilet. Naked. Rope wrapped around him and the white porcelain bowl that he hugged. His head slumped in past the seat. His skin pulled at his spine as it curved over each bobbled bone. Across the ridge was a detailed engraving of a panther, pink.
Do not disturb. How to zone out life.
The moment you start to write ‘denim shit dress’ instead of ‘denim shirt dress’ at work you know it is time to start finding focus.
