Hello! I’m Kathryn Eastman and I’m a writer. The NUT Press is my online home. It’s fair to say that it’s a lot tidier than my real home, so you’ll probably like it better here and won’t trip over anything and want to sue me, so everyone’s happy and I don’t have to tidy up. It’s a win-win.
About Me
I was born in Germany to a Welsh father and a Scottish mother, so that makes me confused/Celtic/British/still unable to speak fluent German. I’ve lived in England, Germany, Greece and the United States and am currently based in south Wales, U.K. (but I would like to live somewhere else now as I’ve been here for 10 years+). In previous lives I’ve been an IP lawyer and an EFL tutor. (Are you beginning to see a pattern emerging?) I’ve been writing full-time since 2003 and have written articles, poems and short stories, some of which you can read on this site and some of which have been published, so I think that qualifies me to call myself a writer. I know, I know, a lot of people don’t call themselves that until they’ve had an entire book published and I’m working on it (honest!) but I write every day, so that makes me a writer.
About this site
Okay, it is the way of things that my life is a whole hodge-podge of interests, so who knows what I’ll write about here? I can say there is a fair chance that some or all of the following may be covered at some point: books, both reading and writing them; chocolate; writing news, competitions, events and prizes; chocolate; the writing life; squirrels; chocolate; music and photography, but other random topics might crop up in the mix.
Why’s it called the NUT Press? Well, I’m lucky enough to have a squirrel muse (I know! Don’t you wish you were me?) but, more often than not, he is more of a hindrance. His name’s Squizzey and he reckons that he supervises my writing. If you’d like to check him out, he has his own blog: SquizzBlog or you can follow him on Twitter or Facebook. Anyway, the NUT Press seemed an obvious choice for a number of reasons and it’s my blog so that’s what I’m calling it.
So, thanks for stopping by, subscribe to and/or bookmark the site, keep reading and I would love to hear from you if you have any comments and watch this space!
mrsmoti
/ October 24, 2010Hi Kathryn
Very belated thanks for your blog party , which was fab and where I made some new friends. Have just published a post called Ouch! That Hurts: a writer fights back which you might enjoy – please feel free to circulate.
all best and please keep that nutty cheer coming!
Luke Roberts
/ December 8, 2010Hi Kathryn,
Would you kindly email me? I have a couple of questions for you about NUT Press
kath
/ December 8, 2010Happily. I’ll drop you an email now.
Jan rosser
/ April 4, 2011Hi Kath,
Send me your email address and I will let you know where I go! It’s the only place in the world that de-stresses me. My ring helps in this country!
Best wishes
Jan.
carol mcgrath
/ October 5, 2011I love having discovered you. I write historical fiction, began a PhD at a London University, transferred it to MPhL and love , for better or worse, many of Sir Walter Scott’s works. He features in my writing reflective work for MPhL. Also, I believe I am part German too and part Scottish for absolute sure as many times ggg grand papa was Cpt in Scotts Greys, won a family crest and land in Ireland as reward for 17th C Marlborough Wars in Europe. So how is this for romance? Mother was a Henning. So, email me sometime. love, Carol