ErinCawood.co.uk

Welcome to the official authors website of Erin Cawood. A love for writing began to show in Erin at the tender age of 5 years old, and now at the age of 27 Erin is at the beginning of a career in writing.

Have a good look around the site: To learn more all about Erin or to read Erin's blog, go to the About the Author page. Take a few minutes to read poetry written by Erin. Got a litte bit longer? Be entertained by the featured short stories online and take a sneak peak at Erin's current works in progress by going to the Free Novel Extracts pages.

As a writer, Erin loves to hear feedback from her readers, so feel free to email with your thoughts to erin@erincawood.co.uk.

Featured interview question: Is writing a form of personal therapy?

I guess in some ways it is. I find being a short story writer quite difficult. I can never keep my word count below the few thousand words that qualifies as a short story, so I really have to concentrate. I am much more comfortable as a novel writer. I am my most relaxed when I am lost in a world that I have created, letting the words just flow freely and letting the characters develop their own story lines. But my world outside has to be in balance otherwise I can't write. When the scales have tipped I use writing as a therapy tool. If I can't do something, or I feel I can't say something then I will write it down to get my head around it, understand how I feel, and why. As a poetry writer, I use poems to express how I am feeling at that particular moment in time. Yes, I suppose writing is a form of personal therapy.