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Woken by church bells in the hills above Verona
Hell yes, I’ve been camping. Do I like it? Depends on where… From my experience, camping in Australia was a full contact sport. There are a lot of creepy crawlies. I do not like it. Camping in England required wet-weather gear – as pajamas. Camping in Scotland required a heater, in the Summer. Camping in […]
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Alia Henry
If you could be a character from a book or film, who would you be? Why? When I wrote , my second novel , Alia Henry and the Ghost Writer I wasn’t aware how much I desperately wanted to be like my sassy main character. She’s Fleabag without the self-hate. She’s Lizzie Bennett without the […]
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I’m learning…
How often do you say “no” to things that would interfere with your goals? Last year, I read the amazing Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman. The simple yet elegant idea behind the book is that if we live to around 80 years of age we get 4000 weeks give or take so why waste […]
MoreMy Senior year Art Teacher.
Who was your most influential teacher? Why? My senior year art teacher had far more faith in me than I had ever experienced before. She pushed me out of my creative comfort zone and encouraged me to apply for art school. My parents wanted me to do something I could more immediately turn into a […]
MoreMore party lights …
What do you wish you could do more every day? Picture this – a rustic villa in the Provençal hills, gravel underfoot and a vine covered pergola overhead. Party lights loop between olive trees and above table laid with white linen and wine glasses, flowers and baskets of bread. Cicadas trill. It’s sunset and people […]
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