About

Telling stories about motherhood and creativity

I believe in the power of stories to make change and bring people together.

I’m using my background in marketing and training in journalism to build a squiggly career as a working writer. I write copy and content for heart-led small business owners in The Copyshop. I report features for the national press and digital magazines. I publish personal essays and poems about the joy and the juggle of creative motherhood in Cold Coffee on Substack, and conversations with other creative mothers in my podcast Mother, Creator.

About the Writer (background and qualifications)

I started blogging in 2017, which evolved into freelance writing for businesses and publications. In 2021 I was awarded a bursary to complete my NCTJ (National Council for the Training of Journalists) training. Now I report on lifestyle topics like parenting, domesticity, and wellness — and particularly the ways those topics intersect with gender equity.

I have work published in the national press (including Metro, The Yorkshire Post, and The Independent) and online outlets (including Apartment Therapy, Mother&Baby, and WIRED). You can see more of my work here.

I also have a background in SEO and content marketing in-house for a software company since 2016.

I started The Copyshop in 2023 as a digital writing studio where I help small, solo, and creative business owners tell their stories.

When I’m not writing for money, I’m currently working on my first novel. When I’m not writing at all, I’m probably wrangling a toddler or reading a book (or both).

About the Writer (the other stuff)

I live in a little house in Yorkshire with my husband and our daughter.

I’m vegetarian and my husband runs a vegan restaurant here in Leeds.

I love the sea and spend a lot of time on the East Yorkshire coast.

My coffee order is an oat milk latte (iced in summer, pumpkin-spiced in October, and decaf in the afternoon).