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Helen Anderson

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Helen Victoria Anderson is a British writer of creative non-fiction, fiction and poetry. She enjoys mixing 'dark' with 'light' to make 'thought-provoking'. She is fascinated by the therapeutic potential of creative writing. Helen has an MA (with Distinction) in Creative Writing from Teesside University. She won First Prize in the InkTears Flash Fiction Contest 2015 and was also awarded First Prize in the Bridgwater Homestart Short Story Competition 2013, judged by Dame Margaret Drabble. Helen Victoria Anderson’s work has been published in magazines such as Alliterati, Confingo, Compass Literary Magazine, Material, Miracle, The Black Light Engine Room and Fat Damsel, as well as in a number of short story and poetry anthologies.
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Sometimes I feel that I do a lot of writing – and spend a lot of time thinking about writing – without ever having much to show for it. So, it’s worth stopping every once in a while to go over what I’ve been doing and to self-administer much-needed pats on the backs to sustain me for the next couple of months or so.

In the time since I last posted on this blog, I have actually been a busy bee. My b

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Everyone I Know is Dying

by Emily Slapper

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The Fell

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The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness

by Meghan O'Rourke

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