Rochelle Hanslow is a Scottish, neurodivergent, chronically-ill writer, poet, and author who often finds herself talking to trees and animals more than people. She home educates her two sons, which means her days are fuelled by books, questions, and a lot of snacks. Her work lives at the intersection of the magical and the deeply human. Rochelle’s poetry has been widely anthologised, with recent acceptances in Propel Magazine and Black Cat Poetry Press Nature anthology. Her bylines span print and digital platforms including Happiful Magazine, Conscious Being, Rock ‘n’ Roll Bride, Mashable, and The Everyday Magazine. She’s also written and self-published three children’s stories and is now joyfully (and chaotically) chasing her first speculative women’s fiction/romance crossover debut into the world.
BIO
Like Sylvia Plath once said;
“I write only because there is a voice within me that will not be still.”
Creativity has been my soul’s desire ever since I started to learn how to write, read, and draw. My earliest memory of being a creative was when I was around four, in nursery school. While the other children all played together and did gymnastics, I escaped to the art corner and painted a picture of an elephant. I believe that your ‘why’ is your true north in all you do and for me, my ‘why’ for this journey is to heal; myself and others, to be the person for others in their darkest times that I desperately wished to have in my own.
I am a believer that nature has so many answers and shows us how to live a life well lived. I like to share the lessons that nature has given me and the wisdom that talking to the trees brings out within me. My work lives at the intersection between magical and deeply human; that’s my truth.
