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Exclusive Christmas Short Story from Isabel Ashdown

Posted on December 5, 2019 by

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My exclusive Christmas short story, Norwegian Fireflies, was published in last week’s Sunday Express. If you missed it and fancy a warm wintry tale set in the heart of Norway’s atmospheric forests and fjords, you can read the story here.

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Writing on location … in Norway

Posted on July 16, 2018 by

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Location is an essential anchor within any story, and it’s an element I frequently return to when I’m invited to host creative writing workshops at universities and festivals.  Indeed, later this week I’ll be at the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, running a ‘Creative… Continue Reading “Writing on location … in Norway”

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Birthday Boys! 🎉 At 8, Len is now older than Colin in dog years 😭
Patchwork progress … this one’s going to be a fresh throw for the sofa 🧵✨🪡 (this is what I do when I’m trying to unravel plot knots … ) *spot the sausage photobomb 🐾 #dachshund
Allotment life 🌱
When I’m working through writing problems, I’ll often turn to sewing. I find the repetition and focus helps me to untangle the plot knots - far more productive than than my other method of eating biscuits while staring at the page in fear and self-loathing 😁 #WritingCommunity
Tooo ... hot ... 😓🔥☀️ #heatwave
In today’s morning smoothie pot, berries and spinach from the #allotment (harvested under yesterday’s sweltering 27C evening sun). I LOVE the summer, but I’m feeling constantly hungover with this unrelenting heat - anyone else? ☀️🥬🥵
Today I’ve been mostly … harvesting 🌱 Today’s allotment bounty: spinach, kale, spring onions, shallots, rhubarb, gooseberries, blackcurrants, redcurrants, courgettes, marrows and potatoes. A couple of hours to harvest and water, several more to prep and preserve! Thought I’d get all sorts of other ‘important’ things done today, but hey-ho, the sun was shining and it’s not a bad way to pass a sunny Saturday with my gal @studio_urchin ☀️
Two of the excellent fellas in my life, Colin and Charlie 🥰🐾
Len looking magnificent in his new country gent harness 🥰 (it’s an @ancolpetproducts size S-M for fellow sausage owners, who’ll sympathise with the length x chest fitting struggles)
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