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So I wrote a memoir. But what’s the point?

Posted on 06/03/2025 by Jen

For anyone who read my memoir, Long Road to Dry River, and is interested in a bit of backstory, The Brevity Blog (US) has kindly published a short (very short) essay I wrote about a light bulb moment in the writing, and my precious aunt who brought it about.

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Commonwealth short story prize shortlist

The seven stages of a story shortlisting

Posted on 18/04/202418/04/2024 by Jen

With the first email on 13 March, my writerly ego to the fore, it was clear: Nobody Owns a Fire, I conceded, was a half-decent story and it just took the right judge to bathe it in the glory it deserved. And of course the Foundation needed some documentation – my residential address, my phone…

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