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Blooming Marvellous

Thursday, March 11th, 2021

As the world awakes from its winter slumber, the ice drips and the ground warms urging the seeds and bulbs that had lain dormant to begin their quest for life. The sky brightens and the blue shines through with sunlight blindingly low on the horizon. It seems warm but the metallic tang of snow and […]

The Bee Shed – Picture a Story

Friday, June 28th, 2019

In a world where the effects of climate change and human effects on the environment are becoming more and more apparent – what does this shed say to you? Picture a Story is a series of photographs and images by Sarah Snell-Pym that other writers may use as writing inspiration.

Take off – Picture a Story

Tuesday, May 28th, 2019

Picture a Story is a series of photographs and images by Sarah Snell-Pym that other writers may use as writing inspiration.

Yellow Water Lilies – Picture a Story

Sunday, April 28th, 2019

Picture a Story is a series of photographs and images by Sarah Snell-Pym that other writers may use as writing inspiration.

Happy New Year 2019

Monday, January 7th, 2019

It’s that time of year again when I start to think about my writing schedules and what I want from publication etc… for a start this year instead of waiting for midnight and just starting to sort it all out as the festivities began to die down… I watched a film and went to bed […]

Extra-Ordinary

Thursday, April 6th, 2017

(First published on my personal blog Snell-Pym) Today I feel like a failure, today I feel fat and not ugly so much as plain with frizzy hair and glasses. Today I looked at the things I make and think… they are all a bit naff. Today I am the failed scientist and the untrained artist, […]

Sky Turtle – Picture a Story

Saturday, July 9th, 2016

Here is a picture to help inspire a story – what does it suggest to you?

Happy New Year 2016

Saturday, January 2nd, 2016

It’s a new year, so it’s time to think and plan and prepare. This year I plan to submit more things (ie actually getting around to submitting them and not just starting to write a million new things!). I also plan to get The Doomsday Collection properly out there, I’ve got a couple more zines […]

GothNoWriMo 2015

Friday, September 25th, 2015

I spent September working out what I was going to do for GothNoWriMo, a novel writing challenge with a gothic twist. I normally use Octobers writing challenge to warm me up for November. I thought long and hard about this though – should I set myself a goal this year? With the way my head […]

Getting Back on My Feet

Friday, September 4th, 2015

To get me back into the flow for writing ready for GothNoWriMo and NaNo (two writing novels in a month challenges) I’ve been thinking and plotting plans. So my main focus for writing is my Punk Universe, this is Punku, Jess, Janus, Actimen Cull, Aquatic Apes, ancient Egypt, angles in space – all that lot. […]