No formal writing for me today. I’ve managed drafts of two short stories this week, as well as my assignment poems. It’s unusual for me to be well enough to be so productive,so I’m really pleased!
I’m going out today, nothing exciting, but at least I’ll be out . I miss seeing people,not friends as such, but just the general hubbub of a pub or supermarket. Just listening to some of the random conversations that go on gives me little gems of inspiration. Failing that,they give me a good chuckle.
This is the point where I should tell you about my notebook that I take with me everywhere.I can’t I’m afraid. I still feel like numpty if I start making notes in public. It all feels a bit affected. Plus I’ve never got one with me, so anything I do jot down is on a bit of serviette or the back of a receipt. I get little notey surprises, and have to puzzle out what was so fascinating about “lady with brown coat, and lopsided smile” . It entertains me, if nothing else. Mostly I use my phone for notes, it feels a bit less weird, plus I can colour code everything, which means I’ve got a better chance of remembering my own thread.In theory at least.
So, out I go, to purchase sausages. Here’s to seeing many,many interesting folk. And to a good lunch.

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Kathryn is a writer based in Shropshire. She writes short fiction, flash fiction and poetry. She has no formal education in creative writing but she reads every poetry book she can get her hands on, and enjoys various online writing groups and courses.
Kathryn has M.E., which brings its own challenges to her working practice, and means she has to monitor her activity with great care. Despite the frustration of these limitations she has reached her goal of having work published, thanks to support from Nine Arches Press Dynamo mentoring scheme.
Kathryn has work published or forthcoming in print magazines like Mslexia, Popshot Quarterly and The Dawntreader and online in places like Words for the Wild, Nine Muses Poetry, Sledgehammer and Riggwelter Press. She was longlisted for the 2019 Fish prize for short fiction, and Paper Swans Press single poem prize in 2020.
Kathryn is a columnist for Spelt Magazine, and has recently been awarded a micro bursary from Raven Studios in Shrewsbury to work on a new pamphlet. She also accepts private commissions under the moniker Poems from the Hare.
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Love the thoughts about the notebook . The only tint I’ve seen one being used with gusto recently was Rick Stein . I guess it doesn’t seem as obtrusive then – to the chef/ cook he’s watching it is, in fact , flattery
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One , not tint ! Autocorrect ..
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