So, there we were, both more than slightly incapacitated. I don’t know what we had caught or where we had caught it, but I never want to get it again. It began a bit like the ‘flu with a high temperature, shaking – you know what it’s like. Then there was the cough, and that […]
About Me
Jennie Finch on the seafront at Saltburn.
The Moth Man
The Drowners
The death of the Elver Man
And so it begins – rather slowly
Posted by Jennie Finch on April 6, 2021
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A bit of an Adventure
Hello, welcome back and many apologies for my long absence. As some of you may know I have been on a bit of an adventure – a bit more of an adventure than I anticipated when I began – and many things have changed over the last months. I want to share this journey with […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on April 2, 2021
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/a-bit-of-an-adventure/
Small changes in strange times
These are strange times, there’s no avoiding that idea, and like everyone else I am having to make changes to my life, my work and my expectations. Life is, of course, somewhat constrained at present though I am probably luckier than most in that I work from home and generally work alone so it’s not […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on April 15, 2020
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Bring me Sunshine!
I’ve never been invited to a crime writing festival as a panellist before – or any writing festival – and so when I received an invitation to this year’s “Morecambe and Vice” I was pleased, flattered and – let’s be honest here – a little apprehensive. I’ve been to conferences before in a professional capacity […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on October 2, 2019
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/bring-me-sunshine/
Living in the Past II – and my Superpower
There is a lot of nostalgia for the past floating around at the moment. Things were so much simpler, there was a stronger sense of community, we knew our place in the world… Well, I lived in this “past” and I struggle to recognise it from the discussions around me. This is the past I […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on May 7, 2019
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/living-in-the-past-ii-and-my-superpower/
Living in the Past
Whoever said “Don’t live in the past but look to the future” was only half right – and they probably were not a writer. For us the past is our own personal goldmine, the source of characters, events, adventures and the occasional quirky phrase we slip in to get a smile from the reader. The […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on March 10, 2019
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/living-in-the-past/
First Steps in Writing – My earliest story
Every writer, published or not, takes their first steps into the unknown sometime. Often that moment is lost in the past, a distant memory from school or left to moulder between the covers of an embarrassing teenage diary. As we practise, our prose becomes more polished and those of us using a word processor have […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on October 11, 2017
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/steps-writing-earliest-story/
The Hazards of Travelling – Adventures on the Autoroute
I’ve just returned from a short trip away and very enjoyable it was too. A hop across the Channel (or under it in this case), a few nights in a favourite little town and “le shopping”. But somehow it is not possible to escape everyday life especially if, like me, you are a bit of […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on August 24, 2017
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/hazards-travelling-adventures-autoroute/
A New Writing Project (after a long silence)
Apologies to everyone who tried to access this blog in the past week. I ran into a technical problem and my Web Master was a little bit busy during the run up to the election! Those of you who have followed this page will know this is the first time I have posted since last […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on June 13, 2017
https://www.jenniefinch.me.uk/project-long-silence/