‘Divorce at Thirty’ in Heroica

Well, it’s been a hot minute. I’ve moved house, life has tumbled on in it’s unending cycle. I’ve not been writing much, but what I have been writing has been unsurprisingly divorce-related. I’m very proud that my latest piece about the experience has been published in Heroica this week.

A little flavour below, but you can read the full article here.

Advice For Getting Divorced Young and How the End of Your Marriage Can Mean Freedom for Your Future — Heroica Women

“I’m not starting again. Starting again would mean going back to the train station I was standing at when I was twenty-one. I can’t erase that journey, and I don’t want to. Now, I have a thousand options, a long list of destinations I could choose for my future. And because this is my metaphor, all the trains are on time, for once. I look at the board and think about where I want to go next.”

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Harley E. Ryley is a memoir writer, poet & accidental novelist. She is currently studying for her PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Sheffield and is funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council via the White Rose College of Arts & Humanities. Her thesis will develop an innovative approach to memoir which plays with language, truth and rules, writing a meta-memoir on language-constructed selfhood. Sounds fun right?

Harley also uses her ‘proper job’ skills from her previous life as a Civil Servant to provide Business Development services to creative organisations. Check out ‘writing services’ to find out more.

Harley is a white 30-something woman with red wavy hair and wearing a white jumper. A red and blue block of flats is visible behind her.

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