Claire Kotecki
Hope

Hope is a thing with tufted wings, wrapped in cotton candy, sweet on the tongue as it melts. It is something intangible and unscientific. We have no empirical data. Hope exists in defiance of the logic of discovery.

Hope
Claire Kotecki
Love Story

This is a love story. The type of story where the star-crossed find each other, and intertwined they bend with the wind, bouncing back to stand stronger and taller.

This is a happy story. When things bend, they become beautiful and interesting.

This is a sad story. Materials can only bend so far before they snap.

Love Story
Claire Kotecki
One Year.

A year ago today, we locked down and for many it was the first time that they had engaged with the implications of the looming threat of COVID.

One Year.

Studying Creative Writing

So, you want to do an MA in Creative Writing?

So, you want to do an MA in Creative Writing?

Chances are, if you’ve found this post, then the answer to that question is ‘Yes’. I was standing in those shoes myself just over two years ago. I am also a Lecturer in Biology and a specialist in distance education, which has given me an unusual perspective on the MA experience. I have the luxury of being able to look back with hindsight and share some advice to anyone beginning their postgraduate writing journey. It’s a toolkit of sorts, in the form of some questions it is worth asking of yourself at the very beginning of the journey, to help position yourself to get the most out of an MA experience and push your writing further in the direction you wish to travel.