VAlerie Nichols
\\ Writer //
Huh?//
The world is out there. It's a bit strange at times. That's why we need cutting-edge poetry, prose, paintings, clothes, whatever. How can we express the newness, the strange things out there with ordinary means? We can't. So push the boundaries, while keeping it understandable and connected to a recognizable structure we can grab a hold of, to allow us to explore something new.
VALERIE NICHOLS
BASIC INFO
origin//
Difficult one. USA, Australia, UK, Ireland, France Spain, Netherlands. Enough?
genres//
Poetry
Flash Fiction
Short Stories
Creative Non-Fiction
Novels
years active//
1969-present
Full time since 2020,
learning//
1979 B.Sc. (Hons)
1984 B. App. Sci.
2003 Poets' Master Class
2006 Master of Education
2020-2022 Online writing technique courses
2022-Present Mentoring (Martin Keaveney)
2024 Avron Short Course
2024 Master Classes (Faber Academy)
professional groups//
2003 Castlebar Writer's Group
2021-present Eindhoven Creative Writer's Group (Co-organiser)
publications//
Poems
appearing in: "Years of Mondays-24 Mayo Writers"
Short Stories
"Monet's Garden" appearing in "The Sandy River Review"
https://sandyriverreview.com/2023/12/11/monets-garden/
"Keem Bay" appearing in "CommutorLit"
https://commuterlit.com/?s=Nichols
Script Written and Performed
"The Adventures of Soldier Juan Álvaro Rodriguez" 19 May 2024, Kelder van Gent Theatre, Utrecht
Accepted for Publication in January 2025
"How I Became a Poodle"
(by the journal "Wordgathering")
"A Dutch Christmas"
(by the "Avalon Literary Review")