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Award-winning Author, Poet, Mental Health Advocate, and the Inaugural Youth Poet Laureate of Stamford (2022-23).
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Nov 27, 20245 min read
Imposter Syndrome: Your Writing Feeling as Though It Is Not a Priority
In calling myself a writer, it puts across this idea that being a writer and writing is all that I am — and without it I am nothing.
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Oct 26, 20245 min read
Using Voice-to-text Dictation for Professional or Academic Writing
As my interest in — and use — of voice-to-text dictation has increased, I have used it more and more across my various types of writing.
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Oct 11, 20244 min read
Four Tips to Help You Organise the Overwhelm of Having Too Many Ideas When Writing
Being a writer means being creative, and being creative means that there is — more or less — a constant stream of ideas...
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Oct 5, 20245 min read
Making Dreams Come True
This could be striving to achieve academically, this could be becoming a published author, it could be buying a house and raising a family.
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Jul 7, 20245 min read
Reading Should Not Be a Chore: Here’s How to Enjoy It Again
I have found that I struggle to read at the same time as writing (not literally, of course, because it is impossible to do the two...
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Jun 15, 20244 min read
Writing and Performing Poetry as a Wheelchair User
When your movement is restricted, it is important that the words carry more power and do most, if not all, of the expression.
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Dec 1, 20231 min read
The Flames of Empathy
When I looked at you, you burst into flame. As the flame burnt, you did not scream. Instead you outstretched your hand; our hands...
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Oct 18, 20235 min read
An Anecdote: ‘You Are a Master of Crafting Long Sentences'
"Are you a writer?" he asked, a smile on his lips. He placed my assignment on the table, and pulled his chair under the desk. "I am...
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Oct 8, 20233 min read
George Monologue #3
During lockdown, I wrote a series of fictional monologues from the perspective of an older gentleman. It was an idea that popped into my...
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Sep 23, 20236 min read
Do Not Neglect Your Passions
Dig deep into that, and allow yourself to feel. How do your passions make you feel? As the expression goes, what makes you feel alive?
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Sep 22, 20232 min read
George Monologue #2
During lockdown, I wrote a series of fictional monologues from the perspective of an older gentleman. It was an idea that popped into my...
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Sep 11, 20232 min read
George Monologue #1
An introduction: During lockdown, I wrote a series of fictional monologues from the perspective of an older gentleman. It was an idea...
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Jun 20, 20231 min read
Poem: Childhood
Childhood From childhood, all we want to do grow up. It is natural, After all, it is the course of life From adulthood, we want to...
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Jun 19, 20231 min read
Poem: I Have No Energy Left
I Have No Energy Left I am not perfect, Nor am I responsible for Your emotional manipulation But still I'm to blame Because there's no...
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Jun 18, 20231 min read
A Poem: A Garden in Summer
A Garden in Summer There is a yellow haze on the horizon, thick, hot, and sticky the grass, once green, lush, and full of life, is now...
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Jun 3, 20232 min read
Using Dictation to Make the Most of Your Writing Time
As somebody with a disability, who is also a wheelchair user, I have learnt — over the course of my life — to be resourceful. As part of...
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Jun 2, 20235 min read
7 Things I Have Learned About Blogging
Hello, it's been a while (or at least it feels like it's been a while). Although it's been just over a week that I have not been...
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May 28, 20231 min read
The Essays I Write Are Not Like the Essays We Are Made to Write in School
Just know — before you decide to scroll past — that you will be missing out on insight and perspectives. I've said this before, and I'll...
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May 12, 20235 min read
Not Everyone Gets to Say They Were a Poet Laureate in Their Lifetime
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...
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May 11, 20235 min read
20K and Counting (Panicking)
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...
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