Rachel Sambrooks
What longform improv can teach writers...and everyone else.
Last week I had the privilege of seeing Ben Schwartz and friends in Hammersmith doing a one hour show based purely on five minutes of...
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Rachel Sambrooks
- Jul 27
- 2 min
I'm a Barbie girl
Menopausal Barbie
Rachel Sambrooks
- Jun 19
- 2 min
Story so far....2023
So I've had some good short story news, I was longlisted for the Writers and Artists short story competition and now will be in the first...
Rachel Sambrooks
- Mar 17
- 1 min
Publishing news
I have news! Two anthologies will have my writing in .... Firstly a secret because they haven't launched yet but news will follow. I've...
Rachel Sambrooks
- Jan 17
- 1 min
Developing Creative Practice funding!
I've been awarded Developing Your Creative Practice funding from the Arts Council England to write a novel in short stories - this means...
Rachel Sambrooks
- Sep 8, 2022
- 4 min
This is a test, a way of writing without using my hands.
I have tendinitis in my hands it is showing up as Triggerfinger. This sounds like a great name for a band but in fact it means that my...
Rachel Sambrooks
- Jul 3, 2022
- 2 min
Five ways to wellbeing - and writing.
Recently I've been running and developing workshops using the 'Five Ways to Wellbeing' promoted by mental health charity Mind as part of...
Rachel Sambrooks
- Jun 23, 2022
- 1 min
Applying for things
Of course I can't today as I have to drink this cup of tea, then check my emails, do lots of other work, fix the car, paint a fence, rest...
Rachel Sambrooks
- Jun 20, 2022
- 2 min
Why I made a show about my Nan - a repost
They’ve been blamed for Brexit and when they’re not thought of as bigots, they are ignored or treated with derision. Women of a certain...
Rachel Sambrooks
- Nov 22, 2021
- 1 min
C90 Qawwali
For the past week I've been working as a performer on C90 Qawwali with a fantastic team at Stan's Cafe. It was put together in 5 days as...
Rachel Sambrooks
- Oct 7, 2021
- 2 min
National Poetry Day : Group poems
For National Poetry Day I thought I'd share poems about Carers. One I made with a group of Carers a few years ago and another is from my...
Rachel Sambrooks
- Jul 22, 2021
- 1 min
Stand By Your Nan the series! Catch up with all the episodes from next week - highlights so far:
Listen to Stand By Your Nan Apple Podcast Charts featured - few weeks ago Nan ranked at no. 4 in Malta (come on GB, let's get up the...
Rachel Sambrooks
- Jun 9, 2021
- 1 min
Episode 1 - The Invisible Nan
Was your gran an Invisible Nan? How are older women changing today? This episode asks what we can do about the disappearance of our...
Rachel Sambrooks
- Jun 1, 2021
- 1 min
Stand By Your Nan - the trailer has arrived!
https://standbyyournan.podbean.com/ So pleased to share the trailer for the upcoming series Stand By Your Nan - my stand up show has been...
Rachel Sambrooks
- Jun 1, 2021
- 2 min
Writing exercises to get you going
The easiest ways to start writing are like anything else – just begin. But how? Some of my favourite starter exercises are so simple you...
Rachel Sambrooks
- May 4, 2021
- 2 min
An ongoing apprenticeship - some tips to getting yourself started when your brain engine fails.
This curious picture of me was drawn during a creative writing workshop I ran in Leicester in 2019. My eyes are like binoculars glaring...
Rachel Sambrooks
- Mar 22, 2021
- 2 min
Poetry of Loss in Lockdown
The background to this is an everyday tragedy. My Dad died last year at the beginning of lockdown. I've been struggling with putting...
Rachel Sambrooks
- Feb 8, 2021
- 1 min
Stand by Your Podcast! A Gerty Words production
The very brilliant Arts Council England have granted me funding to produce, perform and write a podcast of Stand By Your Nan my popular...
Rachel Sambrooks
- Nov 22, 2020
- 1 min
Welcome to my new website
I have spruced up this website with a glorious new look - but please bear with me as details are added. I've been working in the arts all...
Rachel Sambrooks
- Mar 24, 2020
- 2 min
10 tips to combat writer's block
Stop believing in writer's block and believe that you can do 10 minutes a day of anything. Start scribbling. Buy a notebook, make a mark...
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