Becky Bye

I am a freelance-writer, based in Dorset in the UK. I graduated from the University of Winchester in 2010 with a BA (Hons) English with Creative Writing degree, and completed an NCTJ Diploma for Journalism in March 2013.

I have written poems and stories since I can remember and writing always felt like the natural thing to do. I write reviews and articles for an online magazine called Do More Mag and upload short stories and poems to my website www.beckybye.com on a regular basis.

Storyslingers is a Dorset-based writing group that I am a part of and it's a great incentive to keep writing and sharing ideas.

Currently, I am working on a historical fiction novel and it is both challenging and exciting!

Credentials

Becky Bye in 60 seconds

When did you start writing?

Shaftesbury, Dorset

What do you love about short stories?

I love short stories because it is an amazing way to play with words and get a message across in a relatively small word count.

Do you write in other forms?

Novels, Poems, Childrens Stories

What distracts you from writing?

Work

Outside of writing, what are your other passions?

Swimming, Playing the Guitar, Travelling, Eating Out, Cinema, Museums, Castles

What is your favourite book?

The Flamboya Tree

Who are your favourite writers?

Jeanette Winterson, William Wordsworth and Jodi Picoult

Where is your dream location?

Australia

What one item would you put into Room 101?

Socks and sandals

Do you have any advice for new writers?

Just keep writing!