• My Book
  • Hire Me
  • Shoe Thing
  • Blog
  • Contact

In a bun dance

If I'm going to get something, I usually get it in spades - luck (both kinds), children, clutter, dirty laundry, bright ideas, daft ideas...

  • Home
  • Family
  • My Life
  • The World
  • Feminism
  • Blogging
  • Creative Writing
  • Reviews
  • Blog
You are here: Home / Archives for Creative Writing

Middle-aged couple in marriage crisis

September 23, 2016 By Ellen

Brad and Angie have split up. Who saw that coming? I’m so sad for the kids. How would you let someone like him go? If they can’t make it – with cheekbones like theirs – what chance have us porridge-faced mortals got? Alternatively, a middle-aged woman like her who seeks divorce and custody of their […]

Filed Under: boys, Creative Writing, family Tagged With: celebrity, Glasgow, marriage, MLitt, My Life, on my mind, short story

How much is more than I can chew?

September 19, 2016 By Ellen

It started last week – my MLitt in creative writing at the University of Glasgow. And in the manner that very much I imagine it will continue. There I was convinced I didn’t need to be there until noon when I thought I’d better check. 10am. That’s when I need to be there – in […]

Filed Under: Creative Writing, My Life Tagged With: creative writing, Glasgow, in my life, MLitt, My Life, on my mind, Something happened in my life, something happened in my world, University, writing

It started as an ordinary afternoon

September 4, 2015 By Ellen

It was the middle of a very slow afternoon when she lined up the pens with the top of her keyboard and pushed back from the desk. Traffic flowed by the eight-storey glass and chrome office building. Lorries, bike couriers and pedestrians moving on, not stopping. Inside colleagues murmured, typed and sneaked glances at the […]

Filed Under: Creative Writing, other things I have learned Tagged With: falling, fiction, in the world, My Life, on my mind

17/365 My city walk

January 17, 2013 By Ellen

I pass this way on one of my favourite regular walks. Once a fortnight, I hand the kids over to The Panther and walk away. Fast. As I march across the city, my head fills with plot twists, story ideas and the general thrilling possibilities that come from making things up. On a sharp frosty night, Glasgow […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, Creative Writing, glasgow, writing

« Previous Page

Connect

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter

Categories

Archives

hotter blogger badge

Copyright © 2025 · Lifestyle Pro Theme On Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in