I woke up in the early hours of yesterday morning with this in my head. Feeling Ethereal Do you ever feel like you don't exist? That...

I've been a bit busy poeting lately so I haven't written much on here lately, plus I was a little stunned by the election result and have...

Not funny haha, funny peculiar. I'm feeling anxious today, the odd thing about it is that this isn't my usual anxiousness. This is not...

Although I'm not lazing, I'm writing another episode in my new series of short stories following the misadventures of your friendly local...

I sometimes worry that by calling myself a poet and writer some folks may think that I'm being pretentious and of course anyone thinking...

I've been using a CBT app called Woebot while waiting for an appointment with a real person. It has proved to be useful and I must be...

Actually, it's not that funny really. The last four poems I've written over the last couple of days have been full of angst and anger and...

I heard back from the publisher about the poems I submitted. They like them and have offered me a contract. But, and it's a big but they...

This morning I took a dander along to the store and stuck some credit on the gas so at least I'll be warm while I'm writing. I've also...

Even though the weather outside is appalling, windy and wet I'm not feeling particularly down, a tad anxious still, that comes in waves....

I realised as I was looking at my Twitter name I'd called myself 'Ian H Bad poet/Worse writer' and it got me to thinking. Who's to say...

Or to those of you of a more sensible disposition, Tuesday. It is my birthday on Tuesday, feel free to shower me with gifts and cash but...

...happy as can be, all good friends and jolly good company. Well sort of. I've a lot going on in my personal life at the minute and...

Pretentious title or what? Never mind though, the point is that I've managed to write a couple more poems, which is good. Unfortunately,...

I'm sitting at my computer and looking out of the window at the rain falling and the grass growing while trying to get some inspiration...

As part of my ongoing battle against anxiety and depression I spoke on Wednesday to a lovely person from Talking Matters Northumberland....

22 hours left until my crowdfunding finishes. So if you're feeling generous you have 22 hours to help me reach my goal. Peace and love x

Having concentrated on poetry my other writing has been put on the back burner somewhat. I started writing a story a long, long time ago...

Just a short update for anyone who might be interested. I'm still plugging away at the old poetic endeavour although the muse has taken a...

So, I woke up in the middle of the night with this running through my head: There was a young lady from Brough Who while golfing got...