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Author / Director of Ocean Insight and Strategy Unit @CommsInc / Formerly P-CVE / Novel: PIECES OF ME / Memoir in progress / Cornwall 💙

Cornwall, UK
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5 months
Evening traffic on the south west coastal path! #Cornwall
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Slug is now using the touch lamp. How’s your evening going?
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Three nights in a cottage without wifi, 45mins deeper into Cornwall, just novel #3 and me 👩🏼‍💻
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It’s basically a disco here now
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So I finally have my very own writer’s hut 😭😭😭. It’s going to take a lot of work this year, but I’m hoping that by next year I’ll have a lovely little spot to share with other writers who need some space and Cornish sea air to get those words on the page.
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Hi. Don’t everyone freak out at once but @RealDeanCain (aka SUPERMAN) retweeted about our @OneOceanCrew1 row and my teenage self is SCREAMING. Who am I kidding? My grown up self is too. Thank you Dean!
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Weather update: Still windy
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Maybe one day I’ll be the kind of author who can play it cool. Today is not that day.
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I adored this long read by @RebeccaSolnit on the need for new stories on climate. Heaps of wisdom alongside precise, tangible examples and so much of it relevant to the ocean world.
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I’ve taken myself on a mini writing retreat to WRITE ALL THE WORDS and the hotel is definitely cooler than I am.
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Thought it was a queue for a polling station, but turns out there’s just a new Krispy Kreme in Truro #Cornwall
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@CCriadoPerez being a very visible woman at the start of the march #peoplesvote
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@claremackint0sh To the owner of the bookshop where I worked when I was thirteen. He is now 83 and had promised me he wouldn't retire until he'd sold a book of mine in his shop ❤️
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So much ocean-climate communication knowledge in this panel today! Among all the gems of insight from our panellists was the pervading call to incorporate more social science into how we do things. Thank you @IocUnesco for hosting our conversation! #COP27
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I honestly don’t know how I ever thought my bookshelf was complete without a puppy on the bottom shelf.
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The sun came out for 5 mins so we legged it into the sea and jumped around in the waves and were happy for the rest of the day 🌥️⛅️🌤️
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Took a break from writing to head to the beach and Cornwall rewarded me with all her splendid glory
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Shake. It. Off.
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CALLING ALL LONDON INDEPENDENT BOOKSHOPS! I'm heading out to do my Christmas book shopping on 8th December. If you have copies of @CostaBookAwards shortlisted PIECES OF ME that you would like me to sign let me know. I'll be hitting up as many bookshops as possible!
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Hello 34 🎈
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The sheer joy of a very furry dog rolling around on a very frosty beach ❄️
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I thought I was in *the depths* of writing despair, but it turned out I just needed fresh air and a swim.
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Resorted to the ‘chop it all up and Blu Tack it back together’ school of chapter editing this morning.
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📢 🌊Hi Twitter friends! You can expect more ocean than author content from me this week while I’m at the United Nations Ocean Conference #UNOC2022 . If you’re not in the ocean sector but care about the sea, here's a bit of context on what we’re doing and how you can help. 🧵 /1
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Were you even at #cop26 for the ocean if you didn’t have a @SylviaEarle fangirl moment? #ListenToTheOcean
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Paddleboarding my way to a pint was a pretty dreamy Thursday 🌊 🍺
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Evidence from my mum that wearing green plaid shirts and hanging out with my dog has been my vibe since the nineties ✌️
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Turning 35 today 🎈I celebrated by visiting the oldest bookshop in the world, established in Lisbon in 1732. And look whose book I saw - fellow Truro author ⁦ @emily_barr ⁩ 💙
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The Writer’s Hut DIY project has officially started! If you were to spend a couple of nights in a writing hut, what would you most want to find in there? I’m thinking a drawer full to the brim of sticky notes…
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And we’re done 🌊 Deep sea mining was the hot topic at #UNOC2022 this week, on the lips of everyone from Aquaman (🤔) to @EmmanuelMacron . Shoutout to @DeepSeaConserve for all the momentum generated by their hard work. If you want to learn more, start here
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📢 🌊Hi Twitter friends! You can expect more ocean than author content from me this week while I’m at the United Nations Ocean Conference #UNOC2022 . If you’re not in the ocean sector but care about the sea, here's a bit of context on what we’re doing and how you can help. 🧵 /1
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Little swim with sea slug before getting down to work this morning.
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3 years
There is not enough coastal path to walk off all the cheese I have eaten.
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5 years
Bookaversary 🎂! It’s been a whole crazy year since this was let out into the wild. Thank you so much to everyone who has helped me along the way ❤️
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On the 0530 train to London with eyeballs still full of yesterday’s colour.
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Thought I was taking a photo of the gorgeous new @jamiattenberg book, then realised my dog and a seal were checking each other out in the background.
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Brought my boots out of retirement, put on dungarees, cowgirled hard @TheLongRoadFest all weekend with @katedavies00
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They did it!!! 🐋 🌊 🌎 🥰 🎉 So very very grateful to all the people who have been working to protect such a massive part of our planet for years. This is historic.
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WE’VE GOT A #BBNJ TREATY TEXT TO PROTECT THE #HIGHSEAS !!!!!!!!!!!
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I am convinced that her insistence on napping in flowerpots is payback for having called her Slug.
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Did a reading at my brother's wedding, but for some reason my mouth is closed in all of the photos so it looks like I'm just stood at the front of their ceremony, engrossed in reading a book while everyone waits. Possibly the most on brand photos of me ever. I'm dying.
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I know I am biased, but oh my gosh those colours 😍 SO happy to reveal the cover for PIECES OF ME
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2 years
I’ve done more listening than tweeting at #IMPAC5 as there's been so much good conversation to take in. In particular, the #OceanLiteracy Dialogues have continued to expand my understanding of what ocean literacy means, what it can do and why it needs to be prioritised.
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Sea and sky at sunrise this morning
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What better way to start #UNOC2022 than an early morning swim with @our_fish . Now to put on pants and head to the conference!
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On the road again! We're in New York and it's the first day of @UN negotiations for a robust High Seas Treaty. Read more about it here: #ListentotheOcean
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Here’s a regular reminder to take your stories for a walk. 🥾=✍️
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4 years
Some evenings editing is just drinking wine and wondering whether your puppy will ever be too big to sit in plant pots 🤔 #amwriting
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1 year
Such a lovely evening listening to @natashacarthew talk about Undercurrent at @AcornPZ with @mrstwit @juliesykesbooks @_Reading_Rocks_ and @acwilsonwriter 📖🌊💙
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Very excited to have bought my @BookFalmouth festival tickets! Can't wait to see @CharlieCarroll1 , @maxjohnporter and @Wylmenmuir in action. Who else is going? I'll be around for coffees and book chat! 👋
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Here to tell the ocean story 👊 #COP26 Day 1 down!
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The most entertaining thing about dating apps in Cornwall is the number of photos of men with fish. The most disappointing thing is all the missed opportunities for excellent fishing-related puns. Angling for love. What a catch. Check out my tackle. COME👏ON👏GUYS👏 - do better!
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Stuffed every available pocket with Quality Streets and headed to the beach. Happy Christmas all!
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Happy #WorldOceanDay to all my aquatic aficionados, fishy friends, saltwater supporters and thalassophile extraordinaires. 🌊May you all get out into the beautiful big blue to celebrate.🌊
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Relaxing morning stroll. Nothing to see here 🙄
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It was finally a good weekend of wording and walking, after two months of my sentences refusing to play ball. #amwriting
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After a thought-provoking, brain-melting, heart-scraping discussion with mentor @Lilydunnwriter about my memoir-in-progress today, the universe gave me the gift of finally seeing a limpet return to its home scar in person. The timing couldn’t have been better. 💙
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I’m unspeakably rubbish at gardening, but I’ve made space in the jungle for a new reading nook and I’m going to live here now.
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Went for a swim and then sat on the beach, bawling like a weirdo at this book of absolute beauty.
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An unexpected challenge of calling my dog Slug is people thinking I'm shouting 'SLAG!'
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How to start hump day 🥶
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#FalmouthBookFestival was a sheer joy this weekend - my writerly batteries feel well and truly recharged. Thank you @BookFalmouth , @colinbookshaped , @CharlieCarroll1 , @Wylmenmuir , @moniqueroffey , @maxjohnporter and everyone else who made it such a spectacular event.
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Back at the words this morning. Taking a step away from the laptop and reverting to writing by hand for a few days has been surprisingly productive, even if it does look (and feel) like a holiday. #Cornwall #AmWriting
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New housemate. She’s a bit of a cutie.
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Aaaaand take a breath #cornwall
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Good morning from Cornwall, where October has made a stunning entrance
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Behold the final turn of the writing hourglass before I turn my attention to mince pies and walks and bad tv.
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I told y’all it was going to be good #ListenToTheOcean
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2 years
Making my way from Connecticut to New Mexico and spending a lot of lovely evenings like this.
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I just found out that a book club went to an Iraqi restaurant to discuss my book. This is bloomin amazing and the food looks so good I wish I could have been there (with my hands over my ears) too.
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Yesterday I got to talk strategic comms, research and collaboration with two colleagues from my Iraq days and a room full of epic ocean brains. It felt pretty special. #UNOC2022 #oneoceanoneplanet
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Insisted on being part of the @CommsInc team call today.
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I phoned Richard at @WadhurstBooks to tell him this amazing news! I am so thrilled to be on the shortlist and so excited to read the other books on there! Thank you @CostaBookAwards and judges and congratulations to all of the other authors!
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Sunrise coffee to see in the year. May 2021 bring love, adventure and a shit ton of excellent words.
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I’m massively grateful to the wonderful panel of writers and to @BookFalmouth for hosting our discussion. Now processing it all and thinking about how we can have more of these conversations… Great to see some of it captured below!
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Can Writing Save the Ocean? 🌊 We're here @PolyFalmouth to find out with @NatalieGHart leading a conversation between, @f_r_gell @Wylmenmuir & @philip1marsden ... #FalmouthBookFestival #oceanwriting #oceanconservation
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Thanks to everyone who came to the Communications Symposium this week. It was a joy to spend two days with other communicators and talk evidence, evidence, evidence. #oceancomms @CGF_UK @CommsINC @IocUnesco #OceanDecade
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Looking at this work photo from yesterday and thinking that (2 yrs and 1 identity crisis in) the career switch from counter terrorism to ocean protection has worked out pretty well. @elladkahn once called this my ‘method acting approach to novel research’😆 #Cornwall #amwriting
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Exhausted but happy new draft submission face. We celebrated with early morning exploring.
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Heading home from the pub in style
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We’re both feeling highly energised about this morning’s writing session. #amwriting
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📢Ocean friends. From a comms perspective, I'm getting increasingly concerned about ocean-based climate solution narratives that lump together natural blue carbon storage solutions with carbon dioxide removal / carbon capture and storage tech. 1/2
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Her seaweed camouflage really was looking epic today
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This morning’s swim was idyllic but now I’m trying to restructure an essay and wishing I’d taken my laptop with me and thrown it off that cliff ✌️
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Rented a London flat last year that I chose purely so I could sit here and write. This morning I am 100% loving that decision. It’s my very own Crystal Palace jungle writing retreat. #amwriting
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One very happy pooch after we both had a swim and a stomp #cornwall
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More endless skies and beautiful high desert days. Spent some time with our Airbnb host yesterday and it turns out she and her husband are literary agents. I love finding the book world everywhere. 🌵📚
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That's a #G7 wrap folks! There's always more work to be done for the ocean, but it's important to celebrate the wins when we get them - and there were some definite wins! What an epic week. Congratulations to everyone who made it happen! #ListentotheOcean
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Join us on 22nd October at @BookFalmouth as we talk about two of my favourite things (writing and the ocean!) and how literature can contribute to ocean-climate action. Tickets here
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Thanks to all those who sent messages wishing me luck and SO MANY CONGRATULATIONS to @stu_turton for his win!
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I love moments when my interests as author and ocean communicator collide. Storytelling like this can help change the world. Thank you @AndriMagnason #oneoceanoneplanet
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5 years
Autumn has arrived in my ‘office’ and it’s a beauty.
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3 years
Beautiful afternoon stomp #lovewhereyoulive
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4 years
Can we make @DivaAmon talking about deep sea snot worm sex part of regular Monday night tv programming please? #deepweek #deepseatv
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First time I’m doing a read through of the new manuscript on my kindle. There’s so much work still to do, but it finally feels like it’s becoming something and I’ve got editing butterflies like I’m in love. Check back in 20mins for me crying and wanting to delete it all.
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Took a break to go for a swim. Cornwall is absolutely nailing October today.
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Very much enjoyed being part of this #COP28 conversation on what makes good ocean climate storytelling with @j_aldred , @EmanMounirM , @arynebaker and Ken Kostel today. Thank you @pulitzercenter for inviting me! 🖋️
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Two majestic beasts! I’ve wanted an American bison photo by @TonyBynum for such a long time - thrilled to have a bit of Montana in Cornwall.
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Brilliant to see this event linking writers with an impressive list of ocean experts and advocates. I know I bang this drum a lot, but: Storytelling that connects readers to ocean issues --> a social mandate for ocean-climate action --> the decisive govt action we need 📚💙🌎
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Friends, readers, everyone: I will be posting the link to join this event nearer the time. A new and fantastic guest speaker is also now on board, more details to come. All my best and look forward to being there with you.
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Hi Cornwall friends! A reminder about our ocean literature event on 22nd October - tickets available via the link below. I hope to see you there 💙
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Join us on 22nd October at @BookFalmouth as we talk about two of my favourite things (writing and the ocean!) and how literature can contribute to ocean-climate action. Tickets here
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Welcomed in Tuesday by stomping around the coast early morning in my pyjamas
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I’m not convinced this evening’s writing set-up is working for either of us.
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