FEARS
This post is the first in a week-long series about a writing retreat I took in January 2010, to work on the first full draft of Lighter Than My Shadow. I was afraid of being alone with all of my...
View ArticleTRIGGERS
This post is the second in a series about a writing retreat I took in 2010. Please click here if you'd like to read from the beginning. For years I avoided triggers. For me, that meant avoiding...
View ArticleSITTING WITH IT
This post is the fourth in a series about a writing retreat I took in 2010. Please click here if you'd like to read from the beginning. What happened during those three weeks tested my stability in...
View ArticleABOUT THAT FIRST DRAFT…
I felt really embarrassed by my first draft. First of all, the drawings! People are often amazed when I say I knocked out a first draft in three weeks, but that was only possible with the most basic,...
View ArticleIT’S REAL!
This is me, about 30 seconds after ferociously ripping open the parcel containing the very first finished copy of Lighter Than My Shadow. It smells really good.
View ArticleGraphic Medicine
Here's a short break from blogging about the creative process to mention this exciting conference that I'll be presenting at next week. If you're in or near Brighton I'd highly recommend coming along....
View ArticleBOOK LAUNCH
There’s just one month to go until Lighter Than My Shadow is published. Can you make it to the book launch? More details on the Gosh! website.
View ArticleTHE BOOK IS HERE!
After years and years of hard work and preparation, Lighter Than My Shadow finally went out into the world on October 3rd. The above photos are from the launch party in Foyles, Bristol, taken by James...
View ArticleKEEPING TALKING
It has been quite a month! I wrote on my website recently about how strange it is that Lighter Than My Shadow is now finished and 'out there'. After working on it in virtual isolation for so long, it...
View ArticleStrength?
Anonymous asked: When you were writing the book, how did you find the strength to work through such painful memories? How did you write through the especially difficult memories and keep going? I’m not...
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