Hi, I’m Claire. Glitter and Biscuits is a newsletter about joy-led creative living and the dark forces that stop us. Through personal essays, field-notes and the occasional poem, I explore the ongoing journey of reclaiming my creative, sensual self. If you are a creative seeker, I hope you’ll find nourishment and inspiration here.
One of the biggest creative blocks is the belief that everything we make has to be remarkable. That’s where Glitter and Biscuits comes in—life can be sparkly and magnificent one day, ordinary and crumbly the next. What matters is the adventure: letting creativity infuse our lives with hope, connection, and inspiration, whatever form it takes.
While my creative energy is currently flowing into other projects, I’ll still send you letters once or twice a month to share insights and inspiration. I look forward to writing to you soon!
I'm a multi-passionate creative, committed to joyful, heart-led leadership, whose work doesn't fit neatly into one box.
The roles I hold include: writer, poet, and creative seeker; coach, facilitator, and women's empowerment advocate; community leader and strategic partner to purpose-led organisations. I am also a mother, co-parent and wife.
Each month, I host The Joyful Visibility Creativity Circle—a nurturing space combining the principles of a women’s circle with gentle, inspiring, creative writing prompts. Participants often describe the experience as ‘liberating, magical, and deeply nourishing.’
For the past three years, I have been writing a memoir about my journey back to aliveness, self-acceptance, and joy through dance—and eventually burlesque as a solo artist. Writing it has brought me deep joy, and when it’s published I hope it inspires women to reclaim their joy, creativity and power in a world that continues to challenge our freedom to do so.
In 2025 I will be sharing poetry, soul-whispers and field-notes regularly on Instagram. You are warmly invited to join me: @clairemackinnonwrites.
You can also explore more about my work here.
“It's like you have climbed into my mind and pulled out all the details that sit there, going round, unable to find a way to reveal themselves.”
“I needed to hear this today…To be inspired by your honesty about the complexity and depth of emotion. To remind me of your last post about creating in the face of apparent hopelessness and overwhelm. Truly a battle cry to keep going. Thankyou for sharing your experience so wholeheartedly.”
“Beautiful, thought provoking and meaningful.”
“I’m savouring each of your poems as if they were breakfast. The politeness one made me cringe (in the most resonant way). And the rhyming one’s meaning could be a life mantra—with a bouncing lightness from the rhyme itself. I want seconds.”
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