Welcome to my website

My name is Deborah Freeman. I am a playwright, short story writer, and an occasional poet. I freelance occasionally as a journalist, and run writing groups. I am available as a speaker on a selection of topics.

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Welcome to my website

My name is Deborah Freeman and I am a playwright. I also write stories and some poetry.  I freelance occasionally as a journalist, and run writing groups. I am available as a speaker on a selection of topics.

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Short Stories

The story of my stories. I have put together 12 stories, which form a collection.

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Latest Posts

Writing about...

Not again! That ubiquitous plot motif!
July 23, 2021

I have never before written two blogs in one day, but this evening I was vaguely looking through `Whats On` and found a series recommended by The Times [...]

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Who Belongs Where, and Why?
July 23, 2021

I am immersed in the reviewing and editing of my short story collection, and the experience feels like the most self-obsessed process I have ever engaged in. Each [...]

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A Novel, a New Play, or My Memoirs.
July 12, 2021

`Do you suffer from indecision?` asked the doctor. `Well. Sometimes I do, and sometimes I don`t.` This was a joke repeated countless times by family members, during my [...]

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The creative process.
June 24, 2021

I have a list of a few dozen topics about which, if I was granted a few dozen lifetimes, I would hope to gain a PhD. Every few [...]

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The Song of Deborah
June 16, 2021

I am three lines from completing Mary`s Decision, which is the last story I am submitting for my collection of short stories, title Tell it Not, to be [...]

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The Kominsky Method. Further evidence.
June 4, 2021

For what we hope are the concluding weeks of Jeff`s recovery, we have been hunting through Netflix to find something both of us might be prepared to watch. [...]

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Love Letters and Cold Supper Behind Harrods
May 30, 2021

I have been surprised not to have missed theatre as much as I have missed live concerts, during this Corona year. Or rather – almost a Corona year [...]

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Tell It Not.
May 24, 2021

That is going to be the title of my short story collection. Jeff jokes that it`s offering easy puns for a reviewer who perhaps doesn`t like the stories. [...]