In this essay, I explore what loneliness really means, and apply that in an every day context. As with almost anything that I write, the ess

I'll get straight to it: I like writing essays. I enjoy them. Yes, you heard that right — I enjoy essays, and I enjoy writing them....

This is mildly hilarious given the fact that, in my 20K post, I said that I don't write for the money. However, the idea of writing with...

How do we get young people into literature? This is a question that, as a society, we have been asking for years and years; largely being...

In April, I handed the baton of Youth Poet Laureate over to two other young poets, as my term came to an end. It was a privilege to be...

All writers understand what a milestone this is! A few weeks ago, I started writing my first novel (a step-up from poetry anthologies and...

The 6th of May was the Coronation of King Charles III, and as such, I have written a poem to mark the occasion, and would like to share...

This is quite an open-ended question, so… I write this blog in the hope that it will prompt you to — within your own circumstances —...

As much as we'd like to be, not all writers are millionaires. Don't get me wrong — there is always hope there, and I've got my fingers...

...it is the organisation, and transferring all my content over to another site, that terrifies me.

Deep emotion Have you heard the saying 'it's just the tip of the iceberg'? Well, this is the perfect saying for this concept. For every...

It may surprise you to know that I often wish I wasn't an empath; at least not as empathetic as I am. Empathy is a term that you may have...

I have been distracted. Whilst being distracted isn't necessarily new to me, it is unusual. More often than not, I am focused, and I know...

These 'snappy' posts seem to be working their magic. As an author and businessperson this is probably bad: I don't know where the visits...

Actually, I have. But then, I prefer doing things for myself. It reminds me that I have a life and goals outside of my 'day job'. If I...

I don't consider myself posh (there are much posh-er people than me, Jesus). Dressing up smartly makes me feel out of place (I struggle...

Education is a scary word, but it doesn't have to be. I have written an essay on what it is like to be a wheelchair user. In the words of...

In thirteen pages or less, I can improve your understanding of disability. Does what it says on the tin. This essay gets real about what...

I need to take it easy and realise how far I have come. The only person who can do that is me. For those who don't know, I have an essay...

I am struggling to articulate my feeling of awe from today. I went to a Writing East Midlands writing conference at Derby University. It...