Liz Starr

Liz

  • 8. Bound To Happen

    This week I asked my GP if a note on my medical record could be changed from ‘wheelchair-bound’ to ‘wheelchair-user.’ I’m a writer, I said, and think deeply about how language is used. Language subconsciously affects what we believe about… Continue reading

    8. Bound To Happen

  • 7. I Remember Who I Am

    I had my MA graduation yesterday. To be honest, I didn’t really understand all the fuss: everyone congratulating me for doing something I paid to do and that I knew I was good at. Anyway, so I guess now I… Continue reading

    7. I Remember Who I Am

  • 6. It’s Happening Now

    Yesterday I sent the edited second draft of Becoming Sweetwood to James Catchpole, the literary agent I met briefly last year and liked my first draft. I have been following @thecatchpoles on Instagram for a few years now, from before… Continue reading

    6. It’s Happening Now

  • 5. Change and Choice

    I’ve just finished listening to Tom Felton’s memoir Beyond the Wand, an actor known for his work in the Harry Potter movies, and he mentioned his favourite theme in the series, that of choice, that is is the choices we… Continue reading

    5. Change and Choice

  • 4. The World Is Waiting For You

    So, I’m in St Pancras again, waiting to get the train back to Leicester for Christmas. I had one of my favourite encounters on the bus this morning. As I was going up the ramp, an old lady said something… Continue reading

    4. The World Is Waiting For You

  • 3. Laughing and The Unknown

    I’m sitting in St Pancras station about to visit my friends in Sheffield. I left my house very early in the morning because it takes a while to get here across London. In another life I’d be able to walk… Continue reading

    3. Laughing and The Unknown

  • 2. Learning and Language

    As I sit here to write after coming home from the library, bumping over rough pavements and cracked roads, I am thinking about language. I was going to write a blog post about the literary agent I’ve been talking to… Continue reading

    2. Learning and Language

  • 1. Fantasy (or) Memoir?

    Last year when I was volunteering at the Barnes Children’s Literature Festival, I met the author Kiran Millwood Hargrave and her co-illustrator and husband Tom de Freston. I told them I was going to write a “fantasy memoir” and they… Continue reading

    1. Fantasy (or) Memoir?

  • Introduction

    So, I’ve realised it’s time for me to start another blog. I’ve been writing occasionally for other people’s blogs for the last 5 years, and this time I think I should write my own one again. This blog will function… Continue reading

    Introduction