Liz Starr

disability

  • 45. Sharpening My Story

    It’s another month until I’ll hear back if Alice in Wheelchairland has been longlisted in David Fickling Books’s Search For A Storyteller competition, so in my next blog post I’ll relay what has happened. I don’t know for sure when… Continue reading

    45. Sharpening My Story

  • 35. Why I Love Arcane

    Why do I like Arcane so much? I have decided to rewatch this animated TV show on Netflix again to try and work out what exactly it was in the storytelling that I like. I’ve already watched it twice, and… Continue reading

    35. Why I Love Arcane

  • 34. Being Creative

    Something has changed within me and I’ve decided to start using my YouTube channel again. The idea is not to become a disability vlogger or make regular content. It’s not something I envision monetising. In my head it’s yet another… Continue reading

    34. Being Creative

  • 19. Every Body Moves

    I’ve just finished working for The Catchpole Agency again, doing the same filtering-of-submissions as I was doing in May, which I wrote about in Blog Post 13. I really enjoyed it, and it is a great learning experience for me… Continue reading

    19. Every Body Moves

  • 10. (Change is) Nature?

    I don’t have any more news about Becoming Sweetwood yet, and everything I’ve heard about the publishing process has prepared me for this. I’m in it for the long haul and it’s out of my control, so I’m not impatient.… Continue reading

    10. (Change is) Nature?

  • 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

  • 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