D. H. Lawrence: writing inspired by Nottingham’s literary heritage
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The Creative Writing group at Maggie’s Nottingham has been invited to produce some work for an exhibition at the D H Lawrence Birthplace Museum in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. So for the last few sessions our writing exercises have been based around … Read More

Learning from a literary great
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Background David Herbert Lawrence (1885 – 1930) was an English writer and poet from Nottinghamshire. His father, a miner at Brinsley Colliery, is thought to have been barely literate, but his mother fostered in him a love of learning and … Read More

The language barrier – is swearing ok in fiction?
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Last week, I received four reviews for Blue Tide Rising, three good, one bad. And guess which one I spent ages agonising over, unpicking, and generally over-analysing? The poor review wasn’t posted on the review website for which it was … Read More