Creative Writing

I have written creatively since I was seven. On a stormy day in Portland, Victoria, my late grandfather challenged me to write a story on butcher’s paper about a boat he thought was sinking in rough seas. I wrote poetry in my teens, inspired by Dickinson and Blake – and teenage heartbreak. I wanted to find out how great writers worked their way ‘underneath’ things to what was really going on in our universe, hearts and minds. I still get that spark of discovery and excitement every time I hit the keyboard or grip the pen.