At Norcroft

These are a few notes from my time earlier this month at Norcroft, which is closing. It was founded by Joan Drury, whose small feminist press published my first two novels ten years ago. It was great to get to see her, to meet the other writers there, and to immerse myself in the novel. I was the only one of the sixty women who came this final year who had never been there before. I got a lot of writing done there, which was sensual, so satisfying and important to me. I'm working to keep the momentum going, which means I'm spending very little time on the internet.

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