How A Sketch Journal Changed Me
It’s fair to say I don’t have a lot of spare time. Not only am I writing books, stories and pitching ideas to publications, I’m also...
Sarah Scribbles
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- Nov 10
- 3 min
Debut Novelist One: Choosing a Book Cover
Recently I’ve found myself in the delightful position of finalising the front cover for my book. After all the back and forth of...
- Oct 13
- 3 min
Why I Run Writing Workshops
Today marks one whole year since I started running my own writing workshops. Having produced them for teenagers, for undergraduates, for...
- Sep 29
- 4 min
On The Edge – How Does Fear Affect You?
At the weekend we went for a hike. There’s a (not particularly big) mountain at the back of our village, and you can usually see...
- Sep 23
- 3 min
Getting Back In The Saddle – Resilience and Creativity
At the weekend we went to the ‘Fête de Velo’ in my village. I wasn’t sure what to expect. There have been a couple of ‘fêtes’ since we’ve...
- Sep 8
- 3 min
A Year In A Writer's Life: Count It Up
September has always felt like a second New Year to me. Probably from all those years teaching, where the whole year is skewed by the end...
- Sep 1
- 4 min
Summery Musings – Welcome Back!
This morning definitely felt like September. Nothing but grey out of the window. A few crunchy leaves already lining the pavements. That...
- Jul 8
- 2 min
How It Feels To Make Plans Again
This week I did something frightening. Something new. Something I can’t remember doing for a very long time. I made plans. And not the...
- Jun 30
- 4 min
Turning Yourself Into A Myth
Once of the reasons I love working with creative projects is that it ends up giving me inspiration for my own work. This year I ran a...
- Jun 25
- 2 min
Testing Your Ideas – How To Choose Which Writing Idea To Develop
The most common question writers get asked is, ‘where do your ideas come from?’ If you’re anything like me, that question isn’t really...
- Jun 23
- 3 min
Uncharted Waters – Starting Out As a Full-Time Writer
At the moment, everything is new. The lists and scrawled schedules that make up my work days are full of things that are unfamiliar. Get...
- Jun 16
- 3 min
Here Comes The Sun – And I Love It!
I’ve always enjoyed being warm. I am a person who wears fluffy boot slippers for almost the entire year, so you can tell summer has...
- Jun 8
- 4 min
Peeling Courgettes And Other Unusual Differences Between The UK And France
Having been in France for a few months now, there are definitely things I'm getting used to. Driving on the right, eating more cheese and...
- May 25
- 3 min
I Need Other People
I’m not going to lie, this has been a difficult week. I had a feeling I would struggle with the UK experiencing some lessening of...
- May 21
- 3 min
Nature's Escape – How The Natural World Helped Me During Lockdown
Thanks to the brilliant Beverley Ward for providing the inspiration for this week’s post. As I’m updating my site, I thought I’d share...
- May 11
- 5 min
Why Do I Miss Noise?
This week it will be four whole months since we arrived in France. I haven’t decided if that’s a lot or a little. With lockdown making...
- May 4
- 3 min
Homing From Work – The Impact Of Long-Term Remote Working
The best (and worst) example of the clashing of my two lives happened yesterday lunchtime. My toddler comes home from school for two...
- Apr 27
- 3 min
Bilingual Baby – What It's Like To Have A Toddler Who Speaks French Better Than I Do
It’s always been the plan, that she would be bilingual. That’s the advantage of having parents from different countries, right? You get...
- Apr 20
- 2 min
We're All Growing – How Your Creativity is Constantly Developing
I had a reminder of the passage of time today. My three-year-old is obsessed with looking at pictures of her younger self. She climbed...
- Apr 13
- 3 min
Reasons To Be Cheerful – 10 Things That Made Me Smile This Week
I don’t know about you, but I need some things to smile about this week. My Twitter and Instagram are clogged with pictures of people...