This Evolving Writing Life

This time last year Ilkley was covered in snow and I was coming out of my second conversation filled peak season on the shop floor of Oliver Bonas. I’d…

Jan 13 • Harriet Mason

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November 2025

Relationships and people

Sure, I love writing, but it’s what those words can do that I really love.

Nov 25, 2025 • Harriet Mason

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September 2025

Battleship Grey

A piece of flash fiction written as part of the Intro to Creative Writing Course with Writing Room in the summer of 2025. The prompt: a ferry trip in…

Sep 26, 2025 • Harriet Mason

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The Black Metal Tin

After five or so years of mostly writing memoir, I’m trying my hand at making up stories. That said, if you asked me if any of this was based on real…

Sep 26, 2025 • Harriet Mason

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August 2025

Summer Days

July was filling the heart and soul with music, art and conversation.

Aug 5, 2025 • Harriet Mason

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July 2025

More than just a dog

The one about a family, their dog and saying good-bye

Jul 4, 2025 • Harriet Mason

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June 2025

The luxury of losing ourselves in the minutiae of life

and finding peace by plodding along the fern lined paths of Ilkley Moor under an expansive Yorkshire sky

Jun 15, 2025 • Harriet Mason

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Evolution of a writer, part two

Is there more to my love of a writing course than curiosity and a desire to learn about the craft of writing? Could it have something to do with…

Jun 8, 2025 • Harriet Mason

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A gentle leap into June

On how a gentle reinvention feels a week in, plus saunas on the prom, swims in the sea and sharpening the pencils for this writing life

Jun 1, 2025 • Harriet Mason

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May 2025

How does it feel when the words flow?

It’s the first sip of tea in the morning. A long exhale at the end of the day, the spine thanking you as it unfolds into a delicious roll down. This is…

May 27, 2025 • Harriet Mason

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On having the courage to read our words out loud

There's an additional vulnerability that comes with reading our writing in public, but it can also be freeing.

May 22, 2025 • Harriet Mason

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A change is a gonna come...

and it comes with a whole range of feelings.

May 11, 2025 • Harriet Mason

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