MATILDA’S BLOG
On Writing
LatestOn Inviting Yourself to The Ball, and the Necessity of Fairy Godmothers
Oct 26, 2023
I feel gripped by the story of being chosen. It’s so powerful as to make me forget what I want, because - when I stop to think of it - I’m sure it wasn’t fame or fortune I was after....
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For an AUDIENCE OF ONE
May 21, 2023
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How My Book Came To Be
Mar 31, 2023
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What It’s Actually About
Mar 29, 2023
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How I Wrote It
Mar 28, 2023
Art and Care
LatestSome Wise Advice from our New, or very Old, Neighbour
Feb 23, 2024
“Hooray! Our house! A new beginning!” we cry. “Welcome,” writes Death. “I live on this road too. So glad you made it..."
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My New Recipe for Making Art – What’s Yours?
Jan 22, 2024
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What will you sacrifice?
Jun 22, 2023
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How to keep going
May 5, 2023
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What It’s Actually About
Mar 29, 2023
As a Woman
LatestWhat’s your fortune? On Choosing your Fate, Your Type, Your Life, Your Loaf
Mar 25, 2024
For the boys, it seems, one size fits all. Or rather, one type fits all, and size is the only variable that matters. But for the girls, variety is the spice of life.....what type you are, is a question of great import.
In the World
LatestAn Unconventional Job Ad: AN Invitation to Join Our Family and Support Our Vision
Feb 13, 2024
We are a neurodivergent, creative family, living in Sevenoaks, on a quest to find someone to support us and our home-schooled children, aged 7 and 12.
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Home: A Kind of Carol
Dec 21, 2023
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Mothers who Make
LatestMy New Recipe for Making Art – What’s Yours?
Jan 22, 2024
My new recipe is starting to take shape, one in which great work could come, not from 10 hours of uninterrupted time alone per day, but from a lifetime of company and care: 10,000 precious scraps of time, mixed in with 1000 wild days of care.
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Why M/Others WHo Make?
Jul 3, 2023
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What will you sacrifice?
Jun 22, 2023
To the Heart
LatestHappy BIRTHDAY
Apr 24, 2024
Happy Birthday! Happy day of your birth! Your Birth Day. When the walls of your world tightened....
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Home: A Kind of Carol
Dec 21, 2023
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Rope Walking into the Future
Aug 22, 2023
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