Clare Dodd

May 7, 2014

Writing

Running out of practice

Clare Dodd

May 7, 2014

Writing

The less you write, the less you are a writer. But when you keep worrying about what's happening next, there's no time to expand upon what's happening now.

Clare Dodd

December 31, 2013

Getting Excited

The inevitable new year notes

Clare Dodd

December 31, 2013

Getting Excited

It's that time of year again. And while I still remain skeptical about the whole resolution thing, I can't help but make the odd one...

Clare Dodd

December 22, 2013

Getting Excited

Merry Christmas everyone!

Clare Dodd

December 22, 2013

Getting Excited

I have the kind of flu that makes your head feel like it's going to fall off: must be Christmas!

Clare Dodd

December 15, 2013

Cities, Getting Excited

...And I'm home

Clare Dodd

December 15, 2013

Cities, Getting Excited

This post is my personal love letter to my very special new home. Finally, I'm where I belong.

Clare Dodd

December 1, 2013

Feminism, Popular Culture

Women who know their place

Clare Dodd

December 1, 2013

Feminism, Popular Culture

A week of women who know their place has helped to put me back where I belong.

Clare Dodd

November 25, 2013

Getting Excited

Nailed it

Clare Dodd

November 25, 2013

Getting Excited

A few more hours in the day would be great, but it's distance that would help me get a little more writing done.

Clare Dodd

November 10, 2013

Getting Excited

One week, one hand, two stories

Clare Dodd

November 10, 2013

Getting Excited

This week pushed me to the edges of my ability to cope. Luckily I took someone's hand and ended up seeing another story.

Clare Dodd

October 27, 2013

Writing

Happy anniversary

Clare Dodd

October 27, 2013

Writing

Before I hit this notebook's anniversary, I need to raise a glass to a different but not entirely unrelated first birthday.

Clare Dodd

October 20, 2013

Getting Excited, Popular Culture

Writing what is in the air

Clare Dodd

October 20, 2013

Getting Excited, Popular Culture

When you feel something deeply, it is extremely difficult to translate it into words. They can be so isolating. But this week, I have tried.

Clare Dodd

October 13, 2013

Cities

A love requited

Clare Dodd

October 13, 2013

Cities

The tale of a love long unrequited, but for once not only at last returned but done so with more passion and depth than I ever thought possible.

Clare Dodd

October 9, 2013

Cities, Getting Excited

Radio silence

Clare Dodd

October 9, 2013

Cities, Getting Excited

A visual clue as to my radio silence.

Clare Dodd

September 22, 2013

Getting Excited

A few words

Clare Dodd

September 22, 2013

Getting Excited

Why there are only a few words, and why 'talk about lock jaw' have been some of them.

Clare Dodd

September 15, 2013

Cities

A certain time of year

Clare Dodd

September 15, 2013

Cities

A chill. A cosy gloom. The rain. This autumnal turn means a lot more than a handy topic of conversation for this particular Brit.

Clare Dodd

September 8, 2013

Getting Excited, Interesting things

Amazing musical things

Clare Dodd

September 8, 2013

Getting Excited, Interesting things

A varient on my occasional list of interesting things, here is a run down of top talent I've stumbled across on a recent whirlwind musical discovery tour.

Clare Dodd

September 1, 2013

Popular Culture, Writing

Blackberries will always turn to mush: and I'm glad

Clare Dodd

September 1, 2013

Popular Culture, Writing

Seamus Heaney died this week, and with his poem 'Blackberry-Pickings' he has reminded me of the importance of honesty and the danger of influence when experiencing the disappointments of life.