Welcome to the new, improved version of www.veitchsmith.com Previous versions of this website were a File 13 of the best of my articles that had appeared in print over the last 10 years of being a freelance journalist. However, I am also a writing teacher, and the site started to be crowded out by how-to articles on the business and craft of writing. So I decided to shift all my writing advice to a new blog called The Crafty Writer and to keep www.veitchsmith.com as a place to share my other articles. I also decided to change it to a blog format so that you, the reader, will have an opportunity to chat about what you’ve just read. As a writer who is also a Christian, much of the material on this site has a spiritual dimension, but not all of it. You can read articles on history, lifestyle, the arts, sport, health and whatever else might take your fancy. I hope you enjoy your visit to the site – please feel free to browse, and do come back soon!

Fiona