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

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M, M E and Me.
February 27, 2021

More than a month since I received the Covid vaccine. I notice, as we go for local walks, that people who stroll past us seem more relaxed than [...]

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The ubiquitous plot motif again.
February 22, 2021

I switched on Bloodlands last night because I like watching James Nesbitt, though I don`t always love police dramas. To my shock, or rather not to my shock, [...]

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From `M E and Me` to `M E and Us.` A new idea.
February 9, 2021

Having ideas is easy. Putting them into practice is less so. Recently I had a serious conversation with someone who had known several other people who had had [...]

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Literary Reflections
February 2, 2021

Attended a lovely zoom yesterday. Presented by the journal Jewish Renaissance, Executive Director Aviva Dautch chaired the evening which was to promote the current issue of the journal, [...]

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Memoirs Memories and Prefaces.
January 27, 2021

This last year I have been having regular skype meetings with my sisters in Israel. Judith lives on a moshav, a few kilometres from the border with Gaza. [...]

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Oh well.
January 21, 2021

Two shadows seem to have been lifted this week. Donald Trump has left Washington and gone back to Florida, and Jo Biden and Kamala Harris do not send [...]

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Ten Letters
January 1, 2021

Could Ten Letters be a good title for my new novel? It does feature ten letters, so perhaps yes. I started it on October 2nd and ran with [...]

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Belief again.
December 13, 2020

I have read Astral Travel, by Elizabeth Baines. To say I enjoyed it would not be quite accurate, as it is a serious account of the narrator`s abusive [...]