Author Archive: Jo Carroll

Jo Carroll

I gave up working in Child Protection after thirty years to trot round the world on my own, the story is almost a book. More stories are waiting.

Follow her on Twitter at @jomcarroll.

Subscribe to her blog Gap Years: The Book http://gapyearsthebook.blogspot.com

 

 

 

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The Writer’s Ear: Hearing Prose, Poetry and Music

The Writer’s Ear: Hearing Prose, Poetry and Music

UK Author Jo Carroll very kindly responded to our question about how poetry and prose influenced each other in your writing. I have a diffuse boundary between poetry and prose. I know that one informs the other, but I’ve never tried to define that, nor explain it – even to myself – in a coherent […]

February 11, 2012 | By | 1 Reply More
Who Are You Writing For?

Who Are You Writing For?

I went travelling a few years ago, on my own which would be unremarkable if I were a 21-year old-bloke, but I was a 56-year-old woman. Before I left, I got prepared. I knew that the only way to contain the experience was in notebooks. I came home with thirteen tightly-scribbled exercise books. I had […]

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