by Emma-Jane Barlow | Jun 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
Tomorrow I turn 25. I like to reflect on my life when it’s my birthday. It’s the perfect time to see how my life has changed in one year and it also gives me a chance to express my gratitude for the amazing things in my life. When I wrote my last birthday...
by Emma-Jane Barlow | Aug 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
Life is full of lessons. Some of them we learn early on in our lives whilst others take a certain amount of time, a varied amount of experiences or many mistakes to accomplish. During my twenty-four years of life I have realised that there is still so much to learn...
by Emma-Jane Barlow | Feb 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
I was reading Writing Magazine a few days ago and came across an article about writer’s block. It’s something I have always struggled with. I go through phases of no writing at all and I always blame it on writer’s block, I either have too many ideas...
by Emma-Jane Barlow | Nov 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
We spend a lot of time waiting for things from other people.We’re told from a very young age that we should treat others in the same way that we expect to be treated but sometimes, despite your best efforts with someone, you get nothing in return. In this...
by Emma-Jane Barlow | Nov 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
I’ve finally finished editing the first draft of 1:58 and if there is anything I have learnt from this experience of using a red pen on my own work it is this – I can be brutal. Many writers say that they don’t like to ‘kill their...
by Emma-Jane Barlow | Nov 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
When I’m not writing or teaching, I’m designing and making my own positive lifestyle magazine. Zest For Life has been going for nearly a year now and the fourth and final issue of 2016 has now been released! There’s lots of great subjects discussed...
