Journey of a writer
Photo: courtesy of The Poetry Society I’m currently doing a book signing tour for Werewolf Club Rules i was most recently at The Times and… Read More »Journey of a writer
On Writing
Superheroes from play turn up in real life!!!
I have a bit of a thing for superheroes, growing up I greedily read Spider-man and Spawn comics and the relatively recent spate in superhero… Read More »Superheroes from play turn up in real life!!!
2nd draft of play. Done. Poetry edits. Done. Now back to the novel.
Paraphrasing Toni Morrison – Poets write good prose, they just cut up the lines. Many talk of “headspace” when writing – I have done myself.… Read More »2nd draft of play. Done. Poetry edits. Done. Now back to the novel.
What do you write for?
Saw a copy of my poem in Kuala Lumpur’s Petronas Towers. MAKE IT BIGGER EILEEN features in Green Glass Beads – Poems for Girls. Ed.… Read More »What do you write for?
Poison rings and illustrating poetry
Wonderful questions from John O’Leary today about clasps on Ruby Rings as he illustrates my poems for Frances Lincoln Children’s Books Werewolf Club Rules (out 14th August 2014) got… Read More »Poison rings and illustrating poetry
How artists are like Ghost Crabs
There are these tiny crabs on the beaches of Thailand that scurry spherical parcels of sand back and forth from their burrows creating amazing sand… Read More »How artists are like Ghost Crabs
The nature of writing
“As we jot down ideas, they shift and grow, spawning new ideas…puffs of cloud in an otherwise clear sky. Then, in a process that seems… Read More »The nature of writing
Don’t forget your dictionary
When I was still at school my grandmother gave me her thesaurus/dictionary, it had seen better days and a large section of ‘C’ was apparently… Read More »Don’t forget your dictionary