Penned by Jen

I was recently invited to write a guest blog for Abstract Artist Christina Sadler on her website ' Maker who doesn't make '. In my blog I talk about how creative writing helped me personally to improve my wellbeing and now I'm using these skills professionally - offering freelance marketing and copywriting.  You can read the blog here.   If you would like me to write your blog then please do get in touch .

So we usually begin each New Year by making resolutions to be better at something. I'm not going to do that. I want to just keep doing the things I love and that are working for me.  I have lots of ideas for my business in marketing and I've always dreamt of becoming a published author so that is my focus. I also have some meetings to see if a couple of shops want to stock my photography/poetry pieces! So out with the old and onto a braver, happier me!  

I'm inspired to write, the words flow as my mind whirrs; I catch them in ink. I've always had a passion for writing - it's in the genes and recently I've reignited that childhood freedom and creativity and started writing poetry and children's stories. It all began when I was trying to decide whether to have a baby and I felt compelled to write a poem about my struggle. Being a bipolar mother is no mean feat but writing the poem 'Maybe Baby' crystallised for me that it was my greatest desire to have a child. And I'm very proud to say I now have a beautiful daughter who keeps me going on my darkest days. Over the last few years I've had a few poems published in anthologies which you can buy on Amazon: Writing on the Lake and In the Footsteps of Poets. I also had a poem made into a song by my talented husband which was then used in a BBC programme. I make gifts and greetings cards with my work which you can find in my shop. The first one, the Iron Jewe...

  Inspired by a plan I created for my daughter to give her a sense of r outine , I've created this one for myself to ensure I have balance.