I've booked my first driving lesson (finally!). I am itching to get behind the wheel, which is something I never thought I'd say - I always believed I didn't need a car, and I couldn't imagine myself driving. But life has changed, and right now I'm craving the freedom that comes with having a… Continue reading How I’m feeling about my first driving lesson…
This is a behind-the-scenes style vlog of my 30 Day Writing Challenge... I thought it would be interesting to look back on how the challenge developed, and so I filmed lots of little clips throughout the 30 days... hopefully you will find it interesting too! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIeF-acP3Lo&t=633s
It's been over a month now since I finished my 30 Day Writing Challenge, and I've had plenty of time to mull over what I've learnt and taken away from the experience. As I mentioned in my initial video, I didn't give myself any rules when I embarked on the challenge, so everything was a… Continue reading What I Learnt From My 30 Day Writing Challenge
Sorry I haven't posted a video for so long! I'm out of practise so this video is a bit incoherent - but I hope you enjoy anyway. I've been reading lots of books about Birmingham lately for a project I'm working on, let me know if you know of any books set in Brum or… Continue reading Currently Reading (and TBR) – July 2018
I do this thing where I become fixated on a particular outfit or an item of clothing. It could be anything, a little skirt with a particular type of stitching, a top with certain coloured stripes, a jacket with a unique texture... the image will be so clear in my mind, but unfortunately, often the… Continue reading Fashion Fixation / Writing Challenge Day 30
I've finally done it. I've applied for my provisional license. I might be five years late compared to most people, but that's okay. When it arrives in the post, I won't be able to delay learning to drive any longer. Driving lessons have never been a main priority for me. Yeah sure, I imagined that… Continue reading I’m going to learn to drive / Writing Challenge Day 27
I love Waterstones. It's more than a shop... it's a retreat to head to when you're shopping trip gets too stressful, it's a cosy cafe in which to spend an hour over a pot of tea, and it's also a place full of manifestations of personal motivation and passion. If I have half an hour… Continue reading I Love Waterstones / Writing Challenge Day 23
My hair gets everywhere, and I'm sure you long-haired people out there can relate. It gets all over the laminate floors, worms its way into our fluffy rugs, and (and this is super gross and kind of embarrassing to admit) it's even sneaked into the fridge somehow (and quickly removed... I'm not a savage). I… Continue reading This post is about hair & I can’t think of a witty name for it / Writing Challenge Day 20
There are ghosts everywhere... not white-sheet-with-eyes kind of ghosts, but ghosts of times gone by. I often come across a patch of cobbles, elbowing their way out of the tarmac, determined to remind us of the lives that were lived before ours. Apparently, when slums were demolished, only the top layers were erased in many… Continue reading Exposing the Cobbles Beneath & Romanticising the Past / Writing Challenge Day 19
I've been thinking a lot about how at the minute I write mostly about myself. Dolly Alderton mentioned that she has finally decided to stop writing about herself and her life in the podcast I was listening to yesterday (Ctrl Alt Delete by Emma Gannon - would highly recommend). Then a few hours later a… Continue reading Do I write about myself too much? / Writing Challenge Day 18
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