'I absolutely love writing, but there can be no doubt that it is sometimes physiologically demanding and often mentally exhausting.

So what on earth is the strange compulsion that makes us write, that makes *me* write?'

Read more at sueleather.substack.com

My new post is on Substack.

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I've just spent ten hours working on a short story that I wrote some time ago, so yeah, this speaks to me.

#writing #writers #WomenWritersNetwork

In which I write about why we write anyway, and some other stuff.

#writers #writing #fiction

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Hey! I've just started a Substack reflecting on my journey to becoming a novelist!

#writing #amwriting #WomenWritersNetwork #writers #author

First draft finished. Phew.

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Vancouver Night.

Needed a break from writing, so I painted some California Poppies.

David Lynch's writerly sensibility on show here.

Memories float in the air like wraiths, wisps of ether in flux, fleeting and hard to hold onto. They come from a foreign land, one that no longer exists. They leave no material trace. Only the photograph testifies that yes, this was all quite real.

I’m kind of pleased with the cover I designed recently for a collection of Memoir pieces that I edited and contributed to .

It doesn't happen every day, but sometimes hard work pays off. Thrilled for our team and for everyone who works with us. #mentoringworks #elt

My current writing desk in Rapallo on the Ligurian coast of Italy.