On Medium: ‘Writing what you know, courage, and the many-faced god.’
‘I’ve come to understand facts alone cannot construct reality, there is legitimacy in the way things are experienced and the most effective stories capture that emotional fidelity.’ I have a new profile over on Medium and this piece about taking the plunge into creative non-fiction. Click the image or here for the link.
An Oxford comma.
I have some exciting news to share in this new year: I’m moving to Oxford, United Kingdom in two and a half weeks! The germination of this began several years ago when my husband and I were in the midst of our medical training. When we finish we would say, looking at each other…
2017: My year of writing dangerously.
I remember this time last year. I was on maternity leave with my two-month old who was gradually starting to settle. During those early weeks while she slept I managed to finish the initial draft of my first novel that I had been working on for some time. I wondered Now what? Where do I…
What my sensible day job taught me about creative writing.
It was 2014. I was working as a doctor-in-training, and a Professor who I had worked with for several years, approached me about writing an editorial. He’d been asked to contribute the article as a companion piece for a paper about gene therapy in HIV infection*, but was snowed under with work. If I…