Back from the Dead

Back from the Dead

by | Nov 15, 2023 | Blog, The Saved

BACK FROM THE DEAD I was quite a morbid child. I was obsessed with the concept of ‘not being’. I wasn’t ‘wanting to be dead’, I was merely amazed by the idea that my intense sense of consciousness could ever simply ‘not be’. I used to shut my eyes, hide under the...
Writing about What You Don’t Know

Writing about What You Don’t Know

by | Nov 9, 2023 | Blog, The Saved

WRITING ABOUT WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW New writers are often advised to ‘write what you know’. Which I totally did for my first novel THE DAUGHTER, setting it in North London where I live, and featuring a self-doubting protagonist, who was eerily like me! But for my...
Lying Comes Frighteningly Easy To Me

Lying Comes Frighteningly Easy To Me

by | Dec 6, 2021 | Blog, The Daughter

Lying comes frighteningly easy to me ‘Hi, I’m interested in buying the house backing onto Highgate Woods on your website,’ I announced into the phone, projecting all the confidence I could muster. ‘Wonderful, shall we book in an appointment for a viewing?’ said the...
Bitter Quince

Bitter Quince

by | Dec 6, 2021 | Blog, The Daughter

Bitter Quince In the summer 2018, I hated the quince tree in my front garden.  And I mean, properly detested it.  I would look out of my study window and stare at it with such loathing that I thought my evil thoughts would singe the leaves, blacken the trunk and set...