Learning to write has always felt like learning to understand myself. I’m English by nationality, and from a young age books were my first companions. At Pembury Primary School I loved practising joined‑up handwriting, the way letters flowed into each other. I still remember the moment I realised a comma meant a pause — I…
Category: Writing
A home for everything related to my writing journey — from memoir ideas and creative sparks to updates on my projects. These posts follow my growth as a writer and the joy I find in shaping my experiences into words.
Why Genetic Vulnerabilities
It can shape both physical and psychiatric health, and in my family it has left deep marks. Growing up with psychiatric illness woven through our history was incredibly hard. My grandfather ended his life, leaving my Nan with five children and a grief that never really left her. When I think about my mother, I…