Uncategorized – Morwenna Blackwood, Author

News News News!

Happy May Day, everyone! I have exciting news! Cover Your Tracks, my first self-published novel, will be released later this month! Watch this space! #indieauthor

All of a sudden (as things that have been a long-time-coming tend to happen) I find myself untethered. It’s a weird feeling. At first, I felt abandoned, helpless, and hopeless. Five minutes later, I was walking around with tear-stained cheeks, seeing the world anew – liberated and elated. I could do anything! There was nothingContinue reading “Untethered”

The Delay

There’s too much background noise, that’s the problem. I can’t concentrate. I’m compelled to act – to write – but I can’t find the words because everyone else is talking, and everything’s already been said. And I know that the background noise is the stuff of life. The themes may change, but the questions areContinue reading “The Delay”

Lighthouses, Sandcastles, Drive.

I’m about to crash. I’m not. I’m in control. I just want to crash, so I can reset. Today is a pea-souper. A relief from the interchanging torrential rain and blasts of sun. Driving through the drizzle-mizzle-rain home. The sky is white-grey. I add to the queue of cars on the slip road. The coloursContinue reading “Lighthouses, Sandcastles, Drive.”

Character Traits

As I’m over at fellow #darkstroke author, Joan Livingston’s blog today, I thought I’d share my thoughts about Kayleigh – a character central to the Glasshouse series – here, too … About Kayleigh. How can I try explain Kayleigh without trying to explain everyone around her? People are inextricably linked, which is the reason IContinue reading “Character Traits”

Writing Matters

I was shivering behind a market stall just before Christmas, trying to cajole my numb fingers into string some festive fairy-lights over my display of novels. A tall woman strode over to me, with that patronizing smile I’ve seen on so many faces at events like these over the three years I’ve thought of myselfContinue reading “Writing Matters”

Good Luck? Bad Luck? Who Knows?

A friend of mine who I met at Manchester University went to Japan after she graduated and hasn’t come back. I remember thinking, when she left, how strange it was that the (arguably) least confident member of our group (we met in a Halls of Residence, after which we shared a dilapidated Victorian house onContinue reading “Good Luck? Bad Luck? Who Knows?”

(H)OURS

It’s World Mental Health Day. I wrote this poem eight years ago, and, yes, it’s directly from personal experience. Shout out to anyone who’s (been) there. #ocd #depression #mentalillness #WorldMentalHealthDay

Dinosaur Wee

Morwenna, are you feeling safe? I don’t understand. Don’t understand what? Anything! Years ago, when I was very ill, and was living in a psychiatric residential care home, if one of the support-workers caught me looking a certain way, they’d put a hand on my shoulder and softly say, Morwenna, are you feeling safe? AndContinue reading “Dinosaur Wee”

Welcome, Niki Kamerzell!

From Niki’s #WIP … Ember—literally kicking and screaming—was dragged to the other side of the room. Her mother reached the kitchen counter and picked up her drink while Ember tried to free her hair. Sara sipped the whiskey mixed with orange juice. She thought no one realized it was booze. Ember managed to wiggle away,Continue reading “Welcome, Niki Kamerzell!”