As much as I love being out and about, staying at home on a rainy day is always welcome. If you have work to do, you can throw a jumper...

My writing routine went down the drain as soon as I submitted my 6000-word sample in April. In mid-May, when I got to turn off autopilot...

I had to pop in at the bank today. In the queue, in front of me, an old man with a cane was guarding his shopping bag. When he saw me...

I was a tour guide today. Why? Well, the other 3 pairs of shoes that you can see in the picture belong to the Carpov family - an awesome...

I studied Ocean Vuong’s poetry at uni. His poems tell stories: of him and his mum, immigration, war, language and more. Stories that...

London welcomed me at its finest yesterday. Sunny, but not too warm. Reasonably priced & delicious street food. Nice art. Extraordinary...

* Youth Worker taking a break to leave the Writer read a little text she wrote, Baia Mare Youth Centre, Write It Out!, 2022 * This is...

Going to Romania was fun - I had work to do, people to meet, a workshop to host, and a photoshoot to attend - but oh how good it is to be...

I don't get to spend much time with my sister. She lives in a place far, far away and you need to travel through time to get there. Our...

Being the cat at the Youth Centre, I get to know everything and everyone! I am the first to greet all the new people who come through the...

This is the first time in a very, very long time when I go for a photoshoot without Jeanine. Today I was a working writer & youth worker...

I started writing this article when I was at the youth centre, in That Moment. The Moment when, after the workshop, everything’s back in...

It's hot here in Romania, especially compared to London. But that only means that I can go outside to read earlier. After a rooster woke...

I'm not sure when I'll finish my full article, but I just wanted to say that I absolutely loved today! More on that, later.

I spent half a day getting my hair back to red. After that, of course I went to the Youth Centre. Just in time for a good ole' karaoke...

This was the smoothest check-in ever. Stephen King will actually make it to the plane, but only for like 15 minutes (I'm almost done). I...

After 2 coffees, a litre of water, and 5 hours of work, I finally got around to packing my bags for tomorrow. I think - THINK - I’ve put...

I think there’s very little chance I’ll be reading King’s book on the plane, BUT given that I didn’t really get to read in the last...

I could say that life is like a walk in the park when you do what you love and love what you do. But I’m literally going to talk about a...

I told you that I am reading about writing these days. The workshop is 90% prepped - I’m still debating whether or not I want to put some...