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<\/p>\nRuskin, there, being a bit over-the-top.<\/p>\n
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As it’s Mr Rossetti’s 185th birthday, I celebrated with poems and pie in the park. It’s what the tormented\u00a0old rhinoceros would have wanted.<\/p>\n
So, news. It’s been a productive spring. After being longlisted for the Pageturner Prize, I sent my novel to The Literary Consultancy<\/a>, who I can’t recommend highly enough. If you’re lost in your one-hundred-thousand-word forest, unable to find your way home, an honest critique, plus no-nonsense business advice, is invaluable.\u00a0Having slogged through the rewrites and given it a good trimming,\u00a0I’m about to pass it on to some friends to read. It’s a vertiginous feeling, but I remain optimistic.<\/p>\n In other writing news,\u00a0I’m in the next edition of The Pre-Raphaelite Society Review<\/a>, talking about A Pre-Raphaelite Journey: The Art of Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale<\/a>. If you’ve ever wondered what a Pre-Raphaelite tackling early 20th century airborne warfare looks like, Eleanor’s your woman.<\/p>\n Happy birthday, DGR. Pie?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ruskin, there, being a bit over-the-top. As it’s Mr Rossetti’s 185th birthday, I celebrated with poems and pie in the park. It’s what the tormented\u00a0old rhinoceros would have wanted. So, news. It’s been a productive spring. After being longlisted for … Continue reading