Five fairly frightening things on a Friday

Sort of spooky, altogether ooky...

Photo by Aron Visuals on Unsplash

Hello, my precious Confident Creatives! How are you keeping? How’s morale? (TM The Midult). As always, I’m very happy and grateful to be in your eyes, and your inbox. I’m also very excited about spending some time with some of you on Zoom. My creative fiction course Write Like A Reader starts on Sunday, and I’m really looking forward to some cosy, nourishing conversations that will hopefully make everyone feel excited about writing. It’s not too late to join us! Email me - creativeconfidenceclinic@gmail.com for all of the details (and there is some info at the end of this post.)

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Five Things On A Friday is my bonus newsletter - a little list of recommendations, and a love letter/thank you letter to every full subscriber at the CCC. It’s the season to be spooky, but if I’m completely honest, I scare quite easily. So I’ve chosen the most horrifying books I’ve ever read - although I don’t think any of them technically qualify as horror. I promise they’re all beautifully and brilliantly written, and they should induce a slight sense of unease.

Now, let’s get this semi scary party started…