Author Archives: sunshinescot

About sunshinescot

I'm in the third year of a Doctor of Fine Arts Degree in creative writing at the University of Glasgow. I've recently settled back in Glasgow after five years in Wisconsin. I write with, but not always about, multiple sclerosis.

Birds of a Feather

Posted on June 28, 2020 by sunshinescot

On March 24th, a friend and I got together over Zoom. We’d both initiated lockdown the previous week, as we both have multiple sclerosis, and thought we might like to use the time to collaborate on some sort of creative … Continue reading →

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When Pain Doesn’t Define Your Story

Posted on June 17, 2020 by sunshinescot

I’m thrilled to be leading an online fiction writing workshop with Glasgow Women’s Library on June 25th. The one-hour workshop is designed for women who experience chronic pain and offers an opportunity for participants to try out fiction writing as … Continue reading →

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Stories from Home

Posted on June 4, 2020 by sunshinescot

I’m thrilled to have work in the anthology, Stories from Home. All the proceeds from its sale are being donated to The Ambulance Staff Charity. TASC offer emotional, financial and community support to paramedics, ambulance crew and their families across … Continue reading →

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Illness: A Narrative in Four Parts, Parts Three and Four

Posted on May 9, 2020 by sunshinescot

I’m very grateful to The Polyphony for serialising my essay on being diagnosed and living with multiple sclerosis. I much prefer writing fiction, but over the last three years I’ve had to push the boundaries of my comfort zone and … Continue reading →

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Illness: A Narrative in Four Parts, Part Two

Posted on May 5, 2020 by sunshinescot

My four-part hybrid essay is a piece of memoir that explores my experience of being diagnosed with, and living with, multiple sclerosis. In part two: I’m moved from the emergency receiving unit to the skin ward (because there’s a bed … Continue reading →

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Illness: A Narrative in Four Parts

Posted on May 4, 2020 by sunshinescot

I’m a fiction writer. It’s what makes me happy. But sometimes I write fact. A case in point is an essay I’ve written for my doctoral project entitled Illness: A Narrative in Four Parts. My essay is being serialised this … Continue reading →

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Filling the Days

Posted on March 25, 2020 by sunshinescot

A friend sent me a message yesterday to ask if I could offer any tips on “the craft of keeping to a routine and filling your days whilst maintaining good well-being in all its forms” during this difficult time. I … Continue reading →

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Hello 2019

Posted on January 2, 2019 by sunshinescot

Part one I’m not the resolution sort and yet January seems to have brought with it a desire to drink more water and less wine; to get down to the part of my DFA (Doctor of Fine Arts) project that … Continue reading →

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National Poetry Day

Posted on October 2, 2014 by sunshinescot

When I was first diagnosed, I found that writing poetry (in the loosest sense of the word) was a useful way to process some of the strange stuff that happens when you have a disease munching on your brain and spine. … Continue reading →

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A Letter A Day… Y

Posted on October 2, 2014 by sunshinescot

This is day 32 of ‘A Letter A Day’. The last day. It therefore seems fitting that I end on the first letter I received (although, when I chose to post the letters alphabetically I hadn’t joined those dots, so it’s merely … Continue reading →

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