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Meeting Alexandra Packer
Listen now | Winner of the Short Story category for Hysteria 2022 and published in Hysteria 9. This month my guest is Alexandra Packer the winner of…
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Linda Parkinson-Hardman
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Alexandra Packer
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How to win a writing competition
This website is only made possible by the support of members of my Creative Hub community. If you would like to join and learn more about how to make…
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Linda Parkinson-Hardman
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Meeting Caroline Jenner
Listen now | Winner of the flash fiction category, Hysteria 2022. This month my guest is Caroline Jenner, winner of the Flash Fiction category of…
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Linda Parkinson-Hardman
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In conversation with Kerri Aab
I ‘met’ Kerri when I took part in Michael Neill’s Creating the Impossible challenge this year. Kerri is a master Reiki practitioner and teacher. Our…
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Linda Parkinson-Hardman
39:56
Meeting Heather Cook
Winner of the Poetry Category Hysteria 2022
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Linda Parkinson-Hardman
41:29
Meeting Diane Jackman
Last month I caught up with Diane Jackman for the fourth time. Previously, Diane joined panels for the launch event of Hysteria 8 and Hysteria 9 with…
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Linda Parkinson-Hardman
48:50
Meeting Val Ormrod
Listen now (49 min) | Hysteria 2022 finalist and prolific writer. At the beginning of December, I chatted with Val Ormrod about her writing career to…
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Linda Parkinson-Hardman
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Val Ormrod
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Hysteria 9 Anthology Launch
Listen now (55 mins) | Well, what an evening. This was my second launch event for the Hysteria Writing Competition and it was as much fun as the first…
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Linda Parkinson-Hardman
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Steven Patchett
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Gill Scholey
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Kate Williams
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Diane Jackman
In conversation with Laura Besley
Laura Besley was a finalist in the short story category in Hysteria 2020, a reader for Hysteria 8 and a reader for Hysteria 9 as well. She is a…
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Linda Parkinson-Hardman
In conversation with Jill Waters, Hysteria 2021 winner
Listen now (40 mins) | Jill was the short story category winner with The Day of Glorious Silliness in Hysteria 2021 writing competition. Her winning…
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Linda Parkinson-Hardman
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In conversation with El Rhodes, Hysteria 2022 writer in residence
El Rhodes was a finalist in Hysteria 2020, a reader for Hysteria 2021 and is very gamely still speaking to me and will be this year’s Hysteria writer in…
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Linda Parkinson-Hardman
In conversation with Jenny Rossiter, author of The Freedom Bus
Jenny Rossiter first joined me on this blog back in 2012 with her book The Masks that Men Wear. Since then much has changed in her life and business. In…
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Linda Parkinson-Hardman
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