Shock horror I’m writing another blog post. When I decided to start sharing these posts publicly I told myself I was never going to just write something for the sake of writing it. I also wanted to always be honest in what I’m sharing, but with the hope that it might also be a little encouraging for someone reading it. Well, the thing is about that, sometimes you just don’t feel very encouraging. Or inspirational. Or positive. Or any of the other things you’d like to portray

Well would you look at that? As it turns out, it wasn’t just my best friends that read my first ever blog entry. Lots of other people did too, and you’ve said lovely, positive, encouraging things .. so, thank you so much if you were one of them. Looks like this might become a regular thing! My reason for starting to write these posts is that I wanted to share a little glimpse into what I’m working towards at the moment and how I ended up here. Along the way I’m going to share

So after starting this a couple of times and then wimping out, I’m finally here writing my first public blog post. Because .. Well, I feel like I have a lot to say at the moment. But first, in the event that anyone other than my best friends reads this (hey guys) .. I’ll start off by sharing a little bit about how I got here .. I’m Clare Dove, I write songs and I live in London (for now .. more on that later). Like a lot of songwriters I got into the industry because I was pu