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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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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New Plays

My new play is called `Remedies.` It is about – among other things – the `mystery` illness known as M E.

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Latest Posts

Writing about...

Update…
June 12, 2019

Since, or rather while putting the finishing touches to Paper in the Cracks, which has now gone out to several agents, (fingers crossed…) I have written, or rather [...]

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“Paper in the Cracks,” and a new writing group.
May 10, 2019

After months of work I have completed my novel Paper in the Cracks. I started this more than 2 decades ago, but after about 40,000 words put it [...]

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Reflections
March 21, 2019

A week to reflect in perhaps. A friend`s husband died suddenly, a neighbour tragically died recently. No-one is getting any younger. I am not young. I have worked [...]

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The ubiquitous plot-line that only I seem to notice….
March 11, 2019

Long time since I came to my website. I have been working intensively on Paper in the Cracks, my novel set in England of the fifties and sixties, [...]

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Writing Group at Osidge Library.
January 8, 2019

A great start to 2019. I will be running a creative writing group at Osidge Library (N22.) The last Tuesday of every month, for a year. Starting Tuesday [...]

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The Mousetrap!
November 29, 2018

I saw The Mousetrap this afternoon. Hats off to the clear and bright performances, and yes, I did smile at the unexpected plot twist, which of course I [...]

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A New Writing Group in Barnet.
November 28, 2018

I have been discussing the setting up of a new writing group, which will run at Osidge Library from January. I am very pleased to be involved in [...]

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A Play called Stories at The National
October 15, 2018

A short blog, because I`m still an apprentice on the new website. I saw Stories, by Nina Raine, at The Dorfman. Many beautiful one-liners, lovely to see the [...]