Yesterday I was lucky enough to catch up with Michael Black, whose latest play 'Starved' will be coming to the Bread and Roses theatre at the end of the month. I'm a firm believer that we need more working classes voices on our London stages, and following this chat with Michael I'm now itching to … Continue reading A glimpse inside with Michael Black
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The Site: An experiment
Photo taken after the poor unfortunate piece of paper got to spend some quality time in my handbag. It's vicious in there. The Royal Court is famously the new writing theatre, and a space where the writer is King/Queen/Some flavour of deity/boss of their world, or at least it is in my fevered imagination. I … Continue reading The Site: An experiment
Rejection buzz
This morning I got a rejection email for a short story I submitted to a competition. This lunchtime I went for Nando's with my good friend Fiona, a fellow writer. I told her about the rejection, and the realisation that I was fine with it. In fact, it felt good. I enjoyed my spicy hot … Continue reading Rejection buzz
