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What are Dreams?
We sat down to Christmas Dinner this year around a huge table, straining with the amount of sumptuous food. My boyfriend’s mum laid on a real feast and we were all tucking in. Grandparents told old...
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A fresh approach
Nigel Slater is changing the way I think about food. I have fallen into his book, Kitchen Diaries II, and become enraptured by every chapter. Frantic searches on amazon.co.uk have already taken place...
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Faker
I spend my life writing scribbles. I have all different breeds of scraps of paper, each with a scrawled note decorating it. They are story ideas, character names, settings I will return to one day in...
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The First Story
As we are fast approaching the Easter Holidays, I have been on full studying lock down. More storytelling, less domestic around these parts recently. I have two deadlines before our holidays start and...
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New Beginnings
What makes a new haircut so refreshing? Easter is the celebration of new life and I certainly feel my own rebirth occurring right now. I’ve just got back from spending the Easter weekend...
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A suffering artist? No.
I have two creative piece due in on the second week of May. I know what I’m writing for both of them, they both have clear direction and strong preliminary characters. But I can’t seem to sit myself...
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May I present Miss Martha . . .
I am happy to report a surge in motivation since my last post. I’ve accomplished a lot today on one of my assignments and I’m determined to have a complete, 2500 word draft finished by today. I...
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Ying and Yang
Today has been a perfect amalgamation of the two areas of my life. I was on campus at 10am this morning to take part in a group session to discuss the ECP. The Extended Creative Project is the biggest...
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A Summer Evening
Sometimes niceties fall into one’s lap, a delightful surprise from out of the blue. Other times, bombs detonate right in front of you, and there is nothing you can do about it. One pleasant event for...
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Options Infinite
The fact that this is my first blog post for this entire week is an appalling statistic. There wasn’t much to report on the domestic front, and even less in the storytelling sphere. Apologies. I’ve...
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Forever inspired by the Fab Four
It’s magical because I get to spend three weeks of uninterrupted time with the love of my life. We’re going to experiences new places and sights together and always be in each other’s company. We’re...
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What are Dreams?
We sat down to Christmas Dinner this year around a huge table, straining with the amount of sumptuous food. My boyfriend’s mum laid on a real feast and we were all tucking in. Grandparents told old...
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Fitting in to stand out
I left domesticity behind this morning, with my second batch of laundry purring in the machine and my changed sheets growling in the dryer. I was on the run from the noise of laundry day. I had no need...
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Give and take
The Clash summed up my recent predicament. Should I stay working at Cath Kidston, earning a decent wage but becoming increasingly worn out? Or should I go and focus on my creative writing degree but...
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A new definition
My blog reader has been filled with posts about bountiful harvests and the goodies that are created from them. Rows of jars in jewel tones have turned me green with envy. I had to get involved, so I...
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A balancing act
I didn’t feel like posting yesterday, but today I do. Curious, the flippant tendancies of a blogger. So it goes. As I finish working through my four weeks notice at Cath Kidston, I have to engage with...
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Lucky Stars
I’m refusing to succumb to “Fresher’s flu”. I’m no Fresher. I haven’t been to a single Student Union event, although I don’t feel like I’m missing out on much. I did my time, dancing on that dance...
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No snakes, just ladders
On Monday morning, I have my Creative Vigilance and Metafictions class. My lecturer (who also happens to be head of the programme) is fond of reminding us that we’re third year students. Very soon, he...
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An oxymoronic way to write
Here at Number 34, Wednesdays have been christened Slob Day Wednesdays. This involves staying in the house, wearing the ceremonial dress of oversized jumpers and tracksuits and getting lots of work...
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A self-imposed curfew
The internet is a wonderful thing. It contains a vast amount of information on every subject imaginable, and is being added to all the time. It provides a means of communication all around the world,...
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