In 2019 Jack decided to start an MA in Creative Writing with the Open University ‘to see if she liked it’ - a bold move, in retrospect and although she did like it she also found it infuriating, frustrating and utterly addictive.

She was lucky to find a coven of short story writers who dragged her through the frustration and the imposter syndrome (and the terrible, terrible lack of understanding of how to craft a short story) and in 2021 she passed the MA with Distinction.

Since then she’s been twice Pushcart nominated, selected for the Best Microfiction Anthology 2026 and been placed in a number of competitions as well as been published in some splendid journals. The frustration never really goes away but neither does the addiction.

In 2025 Jack started a small journal Neither Fish Nor Foul (Jude Potts was originally co-founder too but Jack is now sole editor) which feeds her compulsive need to read delightful small form stories. She’s also found a camaraderie and friendship in the flash fiction world which she values beyond measure.