I am Dee La Vardera, writer and photographer from Wiltshire. I write magazine features, short stories and dabble in poetry. I have published non-fiction books relating to local history, and about WW2.
‘Dewfall-hawk’ is Thomas Hardy’s poetic word for the nightjar which appears in ‘Afterwards’, a favourite poem of mine.
Whatever the medium – poetry, prose, music, painting, sculpture or photography, it is a joy to have the freedom to express oneself and to share one’s view of the world with others.
Where’s my script?
Papers, papers everywhere. Draft 29 of a short story, 112th of a script - just kidding. It just feels like...
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A scribble of writers
What is the collcetive noun for a group of writers? Online Quill Cafe lists about 100. Where they come from...
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Fly fishing on the river Usk
The Salisbury Short Story Prize 2019 shortlist was announced today. Story length for the competition was 500 words - quite...
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City Break
Back to my home city of Birmingham for a short break to reacquaint myself with places I used to visit...
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