Tag: Liz Fenwick

The Importance of Being an Outsider

The Importance of Being an Outsider

There are two questions that people always ask me – first why I write about Cornwall (they inquire knowing I’m an American living in Dubai) and second how do you write about Cornwall if you’re not there (they assume it would be easier sitting in my Cornish home rather than in the villa in Dubai […]

June 4, 2017 | By | 10 Replies More
Magpies and Well Filling

Magpies and Well Filling

I believe writers are magpies. We collect shiny objects (interesting tidbits of conversation, mannerisms, images, snippets of research – whatever catches our roving eyes) without consciously being aware. Some of the time we note them down, but other times they drift to the back of our minds – seemingly forgotten. There they wait for the […]

June 16, 2015 | By | 12 Replies More