Author: Sarah Salway
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Magic and mountains and cakes….
Once I stayed in a haunted house after a literary festival in Scotland. It was so haunted, in fact, that…
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Plants and love lessons
Maybe because it’s been too wet here in the UK to be out much in the garden, but I’ve been…
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The Quiet Enchanting on London’s Strand
Shhh… you’ll have to listen even harder at the moment to hear the artwork whispering to you outside King’s Strand…
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Buzzing in the Jardin du Luxembourg
Apparently the purest honey in France comes from Paris. Who knew? Well, the bees do, I guess, but they were…
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An autumn walk with some outdoors creative writing prompts
Getting inspiration from nature with creative writing prompts
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So how does a ‘virtual’ writer in residence work?
Last year I was lucky enough to be invited to be one of the writers in residence at the Alde…
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The power of a list – a creative writing exercise for gardeners
I don’t know about you but I’ve been loving the trees at the moment. I’m hungry for them – for…
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Creative writing exercises for gardeners – we’re on again!
I started doing prompts for creative writing particularly designed for gardeners a little while ago but then life took over.…
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Stepping insideThe Yellowhammer’s Nest
It’s National Poetry Day today – and for this, I wanted to take at least one of our words about…
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Creative Writing Wednesday – week 5. The smellograph…
this is a smellograph, the delicacy of rose surrendering to rain I went out into my garden this morning just…
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Creative writing exercise, week 4 – writing your own instructions
The late great Toni Morrison famously said, “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been…
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Creative Writing exercise, week 3 – listening for inspiration
Shhh… what do you hear? A simple writing prompt for you today – just sit out in the garden (enjoying…
Writer In The Garden 