I’m being paid to write ! How amazing is that ?
A few years ago, I did a little work for the Hundred House Hotel at Norton to help keep their blog up to date. It was quite adhoc, and my words were happily exchanged for Sunday Lunch Vouchers ( a delicious alternative to money!). Doing this work,and the encouragement from family, friends and the team at the Hundred House gave me enough confidence to consider that my feeling that I was a reasonably good writer might be true. I began studying with OCA, and over the next couple of years, the blog work slowed down, and my learning sped up. I’ve developed my skills, and most importantly developed confidence in my ability to create a decent piece of prose.
Hard work has paid off, and I’m proud to be part of an exciting new project documenting the re-invigoration of the Hundred House, and to be part of the team going forward. It’s not a full time job by any means ( I still can’t manage more than a few hours a week), but it is a great opportunity to continue my development in a new environment. It’s an amazing feeling to be almost working again,even if it is just for a small amount of time. I shall still be studying, and still writing poetry and stories, which will test my organisation skills; having to plan each and every activity to the last detail does have it’s advantages after all. Hopefully if I save well, and don’t buy shoes, the money I earn will go towards my OCA fees. Or shoes.
I get to combine my three favourite things, cooking, gardening and writing. I honestly feel like the luckiest person in the world.
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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.
When her health allows, Kathryn works as a freelance copywriter and can write confidently across a range of subjects, including travel, food, literature, hospitality and customer service. In addition to these core topics, excellent research skills means she can tackle subjects as diverse as muscle cars and dog training. She takes on proofreading and editing work as requested. You can find out more at her business site
https://thewordemporium.wordpress.com/
Kathryn loves language and its persuasive power. Most of all she loves to write.
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That sounds fantastic. What a brilliant opportunity for you.
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Thank you Carole x
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Oh that’s so wonderful. I’m so pleased – there’s such positivity and happiness in your blog! Well done, I’m delighted for you 🙂
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