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Eleanor St Clair

I come from a small village in South Wales. I’ve moved around a bit, but somehow, I always end up back here.

I started out my working life as a molecular biologist, but after falling asleep on a microscope, an incident that left me with red rings around my eyes for days, I realised that this career was not for me.

I turned to my true love — writing —working three jobs whilst studying to complete my Masters. My favourite job was in a traditional sweet shop because Sundays were quiet and I could write under the counter whilst sucking a sherbet lemon.

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There’s magic in these mountains and it ruled here once before…

– the mountain runners

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ten ways you should be using twitter as a wannabe writer

ten ways you should be using twitter as a wannabe writer

I recently wrote a blog post on how to get started on social media but one of the most common questions I get is, "How should I be using twitter now I have an account?" There seem to be loads of posts out there on how published writers should be using their twitter...

words of the week – refocusing

words of the week – refocusing

A weekly feature where I present three weird and wonderful words on a particular theme or time of year. This week I am refocusing on my goals and restructuring my priorities, so our first word is Rue - Bitterly regret (something one has done or allowed to happen) and...

finding a good writing group – five questions to ask

finding a good writing group – five questions to ask

Writing groups can be really great, or really really awful! I should know, I have belonged to several that fit into these categories! One of them kickstarted my writing career and was amazing for me at that stage, another only had one meeting before the entire thing...

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