Long Covid, Short Fiction

It’s been almost a year since I posted anything on my blog. And here’s why: I have long covid, which means that I caught the virus (last March, just before the first lockdown) and that I haven’t got better yet. I’ve spent the last 10 months struggling with exhaustion, brain fog and various chest problems.…

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Being Surprised by Giants

I’ve written a book! I know, that shouldn’t be surprising, because I am a writer… But I’ve been struggling with long covid since March 2020, so I’m doing everything very slowly right now. Which means that I’m almost as surprised and delighted about this book appearing on the shelves as I was about my very…

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Can Anyone Be An Author (Even If They Have Long Covid)?

Or – How To Set Magic In Scotland, Even If Your Scotland Has Shrunk… Two lovely things have happened to me in the last fortnight. First, a story I wrote in the spring about midwinter, called The Holly and the Ivy, went up on the BBC Scotland Learning website. And second, I did an online Q&A…

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