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writing

The magic of the pen

This month, in my column, as Writer in Residence, for The Hague Online, I wrote about the magic of writing and how, sometimes, my characters actually teach me stuff I didn’t know… weird [...]

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books

Freedom writing

It took me a while, but at last I watched the film, Freedom Writers. As a writer, the title had grabbed me from the start, but I had no idea what to expect.

A few minutes in and I reckoned I had the film sussed.

“I know what’s going to happen next,” I said to my husband.

“It’s [...]

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about me

If it feels bad - do it!

I may be a writer but I have never considered myself to be an artist. In fact my drawing skills are appalling and I can’t even make my handwriting stick to the lines on a page. At school, my art teacher actually told me that in no way was I to study the subject. Yet, [...]

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