Writing from the Wound

Reader Dispatch - Rereading a Book I Thought I Already Knew

I picked up Atwood’s Bodily Harm this week — a book I first read when I was young enough to think I understood everything.

Dec 10 • 

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What "Pillion" Shows — And What It Refuses to Show — About Gay Desire

Why I left the cinema feeling seen, but still hungry.

Dec 5 • 

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Reader Dispatch - When the Past Starts Breathing Again

Reader Dispatch - When the Past Starts Breathing Again

Dec 3 • 

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AFTER THE STORM

What happens to your creative self after a big push?

Dec 2 • 

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October 2025

Writing from the Wound

Before the scar, there’s the story.

Oct 10 • 

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June 2025

Packing Light, Living Light

How a last-minute Lisbon trip—and a dose of Patti Smith—helped me rethink control, spontaneity, and the tyranny of “should”

Jun 17 • 

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TikTok Is Ruining My Brain (So Why the Hell Am I Still Posting?)

I posted this on TikTok.

Jun 14 • 

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The Books I Had to Burn: Why I Scrapped a Novel to Save My Writing Life

Between you and me, I had to lose the plot to find my way back

Jun 3 • 

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May 2025

"Where are you in the story?"

A personal story from the writing of Before I Go to Sleep

May 8 • 

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The Leap

Sometimes, the hardest step is the one that takes you where you were always meant to be

May 8 • 

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April 2025

In Orton's Shadow

Cruel youth, and the lessons I missed the first time round

Apr 23 • 

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A Scrap From the Cutting Room Floor

And over to you...

Apr 17 • 

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