If you haven't seen the cover of Margaret Atwood's new book plastered in the media and over the windows of your local bookshop, where have you been? More importantly... Go check out your local bookshop! The Testaments, a sequel to The Handmaid's Tale was released 10th September 2019, and it is a long-anticipated entry in Atwood's …
Continue reading Book review: The Testaments – Margaret Atwood. *spoiler-free*
You held my hand, when I was sad, When I missed my mom and needed my Dad, You kept me grounded when I stayed awake, You held me tight when I started to shake. There's no-one like you, Treats me like you do. Oh, walking next to you. You pulled me up, when I started …
What if I'm not good enough? What if they laugh, sneer, or use my work as a bad example? What if I fail? Without bravery, I'd still be working a stressful and mostly unsatisfying job in retail. I'd still be questioning if I was good enough to be a writer, instead of showing people just …
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Your messy garage was a fort, a haven and a dusty adventure, one I can venture that you had to lure me out of many times. "Don't go in there!" I had to be aware because it was just so dangerous to climb. My mountain, my mission, a tomb of treasures, I couldn't just decline, …
I am guilty. I am guilty of not basking in a moment of pure joy and pride. I have anxiety. I've had it as long as I can remember, but only put a name to it in my teenage years. Generalised Anxiety Disorder. GAD. Why is this important? Well, sometimes when you have anxiety, you …
Continue reading To Stop and Smell the Roses – Writing & Anxiety
Rash decisions and poor choices, left you listening to the wrong voices when you chose everything else over us. Drowning out the loud calls for you to step up and break the fall but you didn’t, you kept falling, took us all with you when you dropped the ball - You dropped us. You stopped …
I tried to challenge myself to write using the Black Country dialect. Not everyone's cup of tea, but it's where I call home. Now, I am born and raised in the Black Country, however, not all of us have all of the 'quirks' when it comes to spaking *ahem* speaking. Actually, we're all a tiny …
Continue reading Dialect Writing Challenge – The Black Country.
As usual, heading towards summer has been a hectic journey! To recap, I am a student and I also work in a University so up until May-June life is busy. I handed in all my undergraduate work back in May and I am now waiting for the results to trickle in! *fingers crossed* - So …
So yesterday Wolverhampton held it's first ever TEDx talk! TEDx Wolverhampton - Mind the Gap - Building Bridges. I was fortunate enough to be included as a volunteer to help out with the TEDx Blog and the University of Wolverhampton's social media pages, alongside two other brilliant writers: Chloe & Matt. We are all third …
