NaPoWriMo 2017 Haiku 575 - Day Twenty
Just a few haiku today - been busy on the farm, enjoying the fresh air, etc. 98. walking on the beach the sea, smelling so fishy...
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NaPoWriMo 2017 Haiku 575 - Day Eighteen
No haiku yesterday, just a few today. Been a busy bee, of course. 94. galloping white foam nudging further up the beach icing on a cake...
NaNoWriMo 2017 Haiku 575 - Day Sixteen
Another good haiku day. We went to a great exhibition about Pompeii at the Fukuoka City Museum, as well as the general exhibition, and...
NaPoWriMo 2017 Haiku 575 - Day Fifteen
It's the weekend, but no rest for the wicked! I've been busy submitting picture book manuscripts to publishers, and doing a bit of...
NaPoWriMo 2017 Haiku 575 - Day Fourteen
Was having quite a lethargic afternoon after a tiring morning, feeling like I wouldn't really get any haiku done, and then WHAM. A mixed...
BaBs - Interview with Little Doorways creator Charlie Goretzka
I had the pleasure of interviewing Charlie Goretzka about her great crafty project - Little Doorways. At these events, children can make...
NaPoWriMo 2017 Haiku 575 - Day Thirteen
Now settled in at my final stop in Japan - Fukuoka. Two weeks left of our time in Japan - 2.5 years in total. We have two short stays in...
NaPoWriMo 2017 Haiku 575 - Day Twelve
Spent today on Miyajima island (Hiroshima) and didn't have much time for haiku. We spent a large part of the day hiking up a mountain...
NaPoWriMo 2017 Haiku 575 - Day Eleven
Day 11 of #NaPoWriMo, was in a very haiku frame of mind today but didn't pen that many. Now in Hiroshima for a few days - nice to be...
NaPoWriMo 2017 Haiku 575 - Day Ten
Well, the first 10 days of April have been pretty mad. Our Workaway experience hasn't exactly gone as we would have liked, so we've...
NaPoWriMo 2017 Haiku 575 - Day Nine
Well, today has gone better. On many levels. As for haiku writing, for haiku #48 I took inspiration from the #NaPoWriMo day 8 prompt to...
NaPoWriMo 2017 Haiku 575 - Day Eight
My goodness, what a day. What a weird, stressful day here on our workaway experience. It's certainly not going to plan. All the same, I...
NaPoWriMo 2017 Haiku 575 - Day Seven
It's been a great day for haiku writing! This morning I went for a walk with some of the other volunteers down 'sakura road' - a whole...
NaPoWriMo 2017 Haiku 575 - Day 6
The past few days I've been quite busy and struggling to find time to write my haiku. Today I had a decent amount of time... but only...
NaPoWriMo 2017 Haiku 575 - Day Five
Day five of NaPoWriMo, surprised by how many I managed to write today. We had a hard morning of work and aside from a few scribbles when...
NaPoWriMo 2017 Haiku 575 - Day Four
Day four of NaPoWriMo. Cherry blossoms are featuring heavily! They are just on the brink of coming out properly, and they'd better get on...
NaPoWriMo 2017 Haiku 575 - Day Three
Another day spent mostly on public transport... so glad to finally be grounded now for a few weeks are least. The cherry blossoms are so...
NaPoWriMo 2017 Haiku 575 - Day Two
The sakura (cherry blossom) are late this year - some trees are edging towards full bloom and others have barely opened up. Roadsides...
NaPoWriMo 2017 Haiku 575 - Day One
And so begins National Poetry Writing Month 2017. I will be striving to write haiku, as many as I can, every day for the whole of April....
BaBs: Interview with Emma Hooper - Author, Musician and Academic
I met Emma Hooper during my time at Bath Spa University. She was one of my favourite tutors, and has since become one of my favourite...
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