3rd July 2016 — I never thought it would be possible to love a place the way you can love a person. But Tallinn is personified to me, and the…
Travel Diary — Days 6 & 7 — 1st and 2nd July 2016
July 1st 2016 — There are times when I wonder how much of the way I act is me, and how much is my characters. I often jokingly refer to…
Travel Diary — Days 4 & 5 — 29th and 30th June 2016
29th June 2016 — There is a strange paradox here, that the happier I am during the day, the more I cry at night. Today has been my best day…
Travel Diary — Days 2 & 3 — 27th & 28th June 2016
27th June — Morning: On the plane to Tallinn (still in Gatwick airport, yet to take off). I hear Estonian speech coming through on the speakers, and get excited when…
Travel Diary — Day One — 26th June 2016
The first post in what will possibly be a two-week-long series of my ramblings. Handwritten throughout the day, and painstakingly typed up on my phone at night. (I can't believe…
The Frequently Asked Questions of a Soon-to-be Solo Female Traveller
I have recently discovered that if you ever wish to test the general open-mindedness of the people in your life, the best way is to tell them that you, an…
Life In A Pressure Cooker – What It Means To Be Eighteen
“These are the best years of your life”, they say. “I wish I was your age again” is the constant refrain, but I have to wonder: is the desire to…
Life Imitates Art
I haven’t written a blog in over two months, which is incredibly shameful. How can I call myself a writer? Honestly! In my defence, I have had a very busy…
Identity
I often think that being a writer has little to do with actually writing, and is, rather, a state of mind, perhaps even a psychological condition. (No, I am not…
“The Choices We Made” and the importance of questions in a novel
The sky outside is a blanketed ceiling of soft, white-grey clouds, and all I can think about is why won’t the freaking internet connect? My computer seems to have decided…