Tag: Writing

  • Heaven Blogs #4: A post that got away from me somewhat

    I’ve just spent three incredible days in the depths of the Roxy, watching characters who have existed in my head for three years starting to take shape. I can’t pretend that I have even the least amount of chill about this. The process of making theatre blows my mind every single time, and this is…

  • Heaven Blogs #1: The Origin Story

    I’ve picked up a lot of new followers recently, which I imagine has something to do with the EdFringe entry for Heaven Burns going live… which probably means it’s about time I wrote something about the show!   The short introduction to Heaven Burns is this: I’ve been fascinated by the Scottish witch hunts since…

  • The Nastyversary

    A year ago yesterday I received a book in the post. This book: My contributor copy of 404 Ink‘s Nasty Women. The look on my face is somewhere between pride, joy and sheer bloody terror based on the growing realisation that this book was something much bigger than I’d anticipated. I’d first heard about 404 Ink…

  • Rejections Suck

    Today (well, yesterday, but it was today at the time of writing) has been a rotten day. Two days ago I got a rejection for a thing I really, really wanted. I got shortlisted, which was nice, but still rejected. Then yesterday I got a rejection that I’d kind of expected but got angry about…

  • 2017 Retrospective: A Year of Aiming for Rejections

    It’s been almost a year since I decided to follow the advice of this article and aim for 100 rejections a year. I would like to make crystal clear that it was not a New Year’s Resolution, I do not make New Year’s Resolutions – I began my challenge on December 14th, which is not…

  • Squiggles

    This monologue was originally intended to feature in Such a Nice Girl, the play I wrote for the Just Festival in 2014. The character was cut and the play went in a different direction, but this piece has been used once or twice as a standalone monologue. I’m sharing it here because the events that inspired…

  • A Provocation for the Declaration Festival

    Tonight (technically last night, since it’s about 1am) I gave a provocation at the Declaration Festival. It was for the closing event, responding to Article 24 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (the right to rest and leisure). I was delighted to be part of it, particularly to be in the company of Jenny…

  • Due giorni a Roma – Comfort & Joy at TREND

    24 hours ago I was in Rome, sitting on the floor at Ciampino airport and trying to ignore the ache in my feet. Now I’m back in Edinburgh, my feet hurt slightly less, and I can hardly believe that the past three days have happened.   The reason for the mad dash to Rome was…

  • Pre-Creepie Stool thoughts on strength and complexity

    Creepie Stool opens tonight. My plans to attend a rehearsal were scuppered by hospital time (no Fringe flu for me, this year I went for full-on gastroenteritis and getting pumped full of IV fluids instead). Consequently, tonight’s performance will be almost entirely new to me. (I say almost because I’m still expecting to recognise the…

  • My hobby happens to be gardening, for which I don’t expect to be paid.

    Today I saw a show that sickened me so much that I walked out. I’ve never done that before – or at least, not for that reason. I’ve walked out of plenty of shows because they were bad and I could think of better things to be doing with my time. Anyway, the point is…