Roses are red
Violets are cloying
Don't plagiarise writers
It's fucking annoying x
A blog post about editing poems that features some of my very worst drafts from the depths of my Google Drive and why I now cringe at them, enjoy. Includes some tips and exercises if you're currently stuck creatively. ❤
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Not a Christmas poem, but a here's a poem with a little sprinkle of hope. ✨️🌿
Psychic abilities would be cool, not to predict my fate but to work out where the fuck Evri have put my parcels x
Chatting about Wild Running, nature, creativity and my love for North Gower in this episode of BBC Country Focus 💚🌿
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No one:
Writers working on their next manuscript: "wow okay that's loads, time for a break now"
Thanks for sharing, Gordon! ❤️
Like running? Like books? Around Cardiff this evening?
Wild Running is launching on 18th September at Bookspace Cardiff! Tickets available here if you do plan on joining: www.bookspacecardiff.co.uk/products/wil...
Don’t forget you can pre-order ‘Wild Running’ on our website or in your local bookshop www.serenbooks.com/book/wild-ru...
Writers: "I hope someone reads my writing!"
Also writers: "oh god no, people are reading my writing, please stop that, it's making me panic and want to live in a hole"
A little extract of Wild Running in The Independent this morning, exploring Pen Y Fan and focusing on women's safety in running 🏃♀️ @serenbooks.bsky.social
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This is such a welcome, life-affirming & diverse edition of BBCRadio4 The Verb. Top form delivery from @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @lenniesaurus.bsky.social, Alex Wharton, @natholborow.bsky.social & Ian McMillan
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Thanks so much, so glad you enjoyed it ❤️
For the last couple of weeks, @natholborow.bsky.social & I have been in a poetry frenzy working on poems representing the Major Arcana & the zodiac signs... Really pleased with how they've turned out 🖊✨
Here's Cancer & Scorpio ♋️♍️
#Cancer #Scorpio #Zodiac #Horoscope #Astrology #Poetry
It's all feeling very real now! Luckily I've got a new poetry project with @natholborow.bsky.social to throw myself into while I worry about the launch of Witsh 👌🏼😂
#Writing #witchcraft #wales #historicalfiction
Glad it's not just me! If you need someone to keep you accountable, I'm always here because I'm going through exactly the same 😅
oh not ozzy 😔
This all feels quite new, but it's a more complicated process than I expected! Plot is one thing that's never really taught at MA, so tried to make sure that was all sorted first but my god these characters are stubborn. Like, no, I MADE YOU GUYS.
It's doing my head in! I want to get a first draft down but the characters have minds of their own. Which, I suppose, is a good thing, because they feel more real. Are you writing fiction as well?!
*plots novel*
*starts writing*
Characters: hahaha no lol x
This has been a dream to work on and a nice break to write about history, creativity and falling down hills on my backside in beautiful South Wales. Out September 15th! Pre-order here: www.serenbooks.com/book/wild-ru...
#running #writing #trailrunning
I love the Gangsta 😂❤️
What can our beloved pets teach us about writing?
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"AN ABSOLUTE RIOT OF A BOOK"
In between award ceremonies for her poetry & fiction, and writing a non-fiction book about running, the awesome @natholborow.bsky.social has taken the time to read BLACK SKIES DIE STARLESS and then wrote about it.
Buy it now. Punkdust.com and all good bookshops
#poetry
Wales Book of the Year stuff. I look like I'm doing a Squid Game trial and am being forced to read for my life, but I do like poems honest x
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Thank you, Christa!
Thanks very much! 💚
Also need to add, I am LOVING your book. Recommending it to all my friends!
I'm currently stuck on one about Pingu and Robbie in an Antarctic nightclub. I may have to move onto the bee and wasp one for a bit.
