about me

I've had poetry, articles and short stories published in a number of print and online magazines, including Twisted Tongue, Trespass, and adc (art disability culture) magazine. I've been chosen by Survivor's Poetry to be one of their mentees, so I will be putting together my first poetry collection in the near future.

I'm disabled, having both bipolar disorder (cyclothymic) and fibromyalgia, a chronic pain condition. I also have a three-legged black cat who can outrun me.

You can contact me on hill_clare(at)sky.com


I like crime, and actively seek out reads in the crime genre, with a bit of horror now and then to ring the changes. If you back me or comment on my work, I will read and comment on your book, BUT I don't do backing swaps. I back on the basis that either I would buy a book, I can see there being a market for it, or I feel it has something special.
If everyone on here backs everyone then the whole exercise becomes pointless. I'm here to test out what works and what doesn't in my work, to tighten up and edit where it's needed.

Kiss Chase cover picture by Kevin Dooley

favourite books

The Shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer & Killing for Company - Brian Masters
We Need To Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
The Lincoln Rhyme series - Jeffery Deaver
Anything by Mark Billingham, Stuart Macbride, Dean Koontz, P.J. Tracy, Marian Keyes, Sophie Kinsella.
On Writing - Stephen King

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