Mandy WhymanJan 243 minFinding magicJanuary is slow. There's no doubt about that. No wonder there are so many jokes about the 97 days between December payday and January...
Mandy WhymanDec 18, 20202 minDeep DecemberI find December a very strange time of the year - all bleak and bright mixed up in emotions and notions. Here in the UK it is the grim...
Mandy WhymanNov 16, 20203 minWriting insights - Frank PremI am so pleased to be able to introduce Frank Prem, Australian poet and writer, as my guest blogger. Frank has been a storytelling poet...
Mandy WhymanNov 6, 20202 minRight! To write!It feels a bit bleak right now: here in the UK the weather is grey and cold and we are back in lockdown. The actual rules of lockdown...
Mandy WhymanOct 10, 20202 minI say `YES!'Writers are fragile creatures. Easily frightened, those of us tentatively weaving a writing identity fall into two broad categories:...
Mandy WhymanSep 12, 20203 minThe words and me....So this is the thing: at what point are you a writer? I distinctly remember the moment that I learnt to read. The word was `donkey' and...