Caroline Ross

1 month ago | carolineross.substack.com | Caroline Ross |Paul Kingsnorth

I am away visiting family and friends in Scotland. More about that another time. This week, something I have been meaning to do again for a while, but keep forgetting to share - a largely visual post. Late in 2014 I read a glowing review by Lucy Mangan of The Wake by . My copy arrived, a green man staring out from the cover, and I sat on the tiny sofa in my boat for two days, compelled to read to the very end, sometimes in tears.

2 months ago | morefullyalive.substack.com | Elizabeth Oldfield |Sharon Blackie |Caroline Ross

Upgrade to paid to play voiceoverI have found myself trying to write fiction lately, for the first time in more than a decade. I have no idea whether it will ever come to anything, because good fiction is incredibly difficult. Amongst the generalised difficulties, I have been interested to find one specific barrier within myself that I did not expect: part of me does not take stories seriously.