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When your macaroons all look like fannies

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An old post, but they still look like hoohas. So there I was professionally looking at photos to see if they would be suitable for a website. This is the clipping path company I always call for editing images. As well as assessing for impact, emotional resonance and general prettiness, I was also trying to […]

Shoe horns and ready salted crisps – things I’ve learned from getting older

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Actually, it’s just one thing. It’s OK to change your mind. There’s something in those unquestionable lessons of life that seem to say know your self, decide who you are and – most importantly – stick with it. Like, choosing your career before you are old enough to drive, or whether or not you’re homosexual […]

Things I’ve learned from my MLitt graduation

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This week I was – at least briefly – to be found strutting around in a rather fetching gown and feeling like queen for the day. It was my graduation – MLitt in creative writing at the University of Glasgow. While feeling an appropriate level of chuffed, there was a slight hint of sadness that […]

Writing: seeking satisfaction

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  Previously, I’d imagined Writer’s block was an empty loft. Nothing there but pigeon shit and echoes It’s not though. It is stuffed, rammed, jammed and bloody well bunged up. Like a colon after Christmas. Too much feasting on the fabulous Bingeing. Masticating and swallowing. Until All at once Immobile, There’s belly ache and belching. […]