‘Ida’ accounts the curious end of an even more curious story – the story of Ida Mayfield Wood, a fascinating swindler-turned-hermit of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Over the past couple of weeks, I have been conducting a writing experiment on Twitter (or ‘X’, as I should call it), in which I set a time for ten minutes…
Where is she? I stand by the entrance of Edinburgh Waverly station and check my watch one last time. Celeste’s train was supposed to arrive at ten to one.
It was a cool, damp day in September, the week before my wedding, and I couldn’t stop thinking out The Graduate. Francis had taken me to the see it…
Every book or film I’ve ever loved have had the same thing in common: good characters. And by ‘good’, I don’t necessarily mean they were good people.
Great stories with great characters have always captured my heart. Since childhood, I have connected deeply with narratives, which is exactly the reason I knew from such a young age that I wanted to be a writer.
Note: The following commentary was written as part of a university assignment during my MA Creative Writing course. It is therefore a bit more on the academic side than the pieces I will be writing in future to accompany my creative work. For example, whilst I may make reference to works by other authors, I […]
‘Wow! That’s gorgeous!’ the girl at the sink says.‘Oh, this?’ I say.‘You’ve forgotten to take the tag out. Shall I?’‘Leave it. Keeps that new feeling a bit longer.’ I tuck it under the fabric.‘If you say so.’ In the mirror, my eyes fixate on my middle.‘Jen? You still in here?’ I call over my shoulder.‘Yeah.’Jen […]
After taking a break away from this blog, I have decided to reinvent my brand and use this as a platform to showcase my works of short fiction, as well as the articles, reviews, and meditations previously published. Writing short stories was where I first found my love for words. It was one of my […]
