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I am an Oxford modern languages graduate and former journalist, now a full-time mother, poet and short story writer. I love reading, writing, swimming, squash, walking, mulled wine, watching television dramas or films and belly dancing.

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Creative Writing CV

Sarah's extensive poetry and short story publications and competition successes.

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1818 Words . sarah_james , add to friends . 16/10/07 . 07:59:59 am . Permalink . Email . 1781 views  17 feedbacks

Why read Sarah's blog?

This short piece should help people find their way round the various categories of my blog so they can get the most of the many posts on offer.

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254 Words . sarah_james , add to friends . 15/10/07 . 08:44:47 pm . Permalink . Email . 1169 views  3 feedbacks

Compromise!

I do try, but compromise has never been my middle name (nor featured anywhere in my name, if it comes to that!) so I was pleasantly shocked by my reaction to the osetopath's advice this weekend.

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610 Words . sarah_james , add to friends . 31/03/08 . 02:23:49 pm . Permalink . Email . 304 views  5 feedbacks

Night Terrors

My poem Night Terrors was published in the Second Light Publications up-and-coming women poets' anthology My Mother Threw Knives in 2006.

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80 Words . sarah_james , add to friends . 28/03/08 . 06:21:28 pm . Permalink . Email . 291 views  4 feedbacks

Treehouse

My poem Treehouse was published in the Second Light Publications up-and-coming women poets' anthology My Mother Threw Knives in 2006.

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107 Words . sarah_james , add to friends . 27/03/08 . 06:12:22 pm . Permalink . Email . 274 views  5 feedbacks

Pain in the proverbial!

Apparently I am suffering from bursitis - otherwise accurately described as a pain in the arse!

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271 Words . sarah_james , add to friends . 26/03/08 . 05:39:12 pm . Permalink . Email . 264 views  9 feedbacks

Three years too late!

It's been busy for me lately, mostly celebrating my thirtieth birthday - three years too late.

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384 Words . sarah_james , add to friends . 25/03/08 . 08:25:07 am . Permalink . Email . 277 views  6 feedbacks

Talking Flowers!

Yes, that's right, I am blogging about talking flowers: talking flowers and experimentation!

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248 Words . sarah_james , add to friends . 12/03/08 . 06:05:44 pm . Permalink . Email . 332 views  8 feedbacks

"Mermaids still swim in our dreams"

Late as I am discovering this collection, the fact that it won the 2004 Whitbread Poetry Award probably says more than I can about its quality.

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295 Words . sarah_james , add to friends . 09/03/08 . 08:21:29 am . Permalink . Email . 343 views  5 feedbacks

Booked!

I have been booked this week, so has the whole family - not just in the conventional busy sense but also in terms of being surrounded by books.

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267 Words . sarah_james , add to friends . 08/03/08 . 10:31:58 am . Permalink . Email . 309 views  6 feedbacks

Inspired!

It's been a week of books and creativity. I have just started reading Michael Symmons Roberts' collection Corpus. It is fantastic and very humbling. (No surprise, I suppose, given it won the 2004 Whitbread Poetry Award!)

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212 Words . sarah_james , add to friends . 01/03/08 . 08:05:52 pm . Permalink . Email . 320 views  7 feedbacks
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