
I have mixed feelings about New Year. I go out, because I have friends and family who like to and I like to be with them. I also hope it will stave off the gloom. Those feelings of falling short and failing others that are so vivid as the year falls away. I work hard to cultivate positivity, and can be sickeningly Pollyanna-ish. It never really lands, although I hope it will. I never make resolutions, little changes happen gently and determinedly throughout the year. I do have goals, but small ones. Last year it was to begin a blog and to grow flowers for cutting. I’m happy that I have done both of these. This year I want to write more, and engage more people with my work. I need to bury into the specifics, but that’s my main hope.
Happy New Year to all of you who take the time to read this, I hope your dreams are fulfilled and those close to share your joy.
Thank you, as ever for your support. My journey is slow and steady, but at least I am moving.
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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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Happy New Year 🙂 xx
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