The Writer I Came to Be: A Journey Through It All by R.E. Brooker (‘Will Worthington and The Black Rainbow’)

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Introduction:I had always written from a very early age. It was in my blood. It was what enchanted the little girl who used to sit and scribble for hours and hours, pouring ideas and thoughts into the pages I had before me….. At the time, I didn’t know what I was doing, but this essay […]

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The Questions of Rejections, Reflections, and Returning to Will Worthington in 2023

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Over the last two years, there came many times when I thought to myself….. ‘Am I actually going to finish the first book?’ Why? I was so intent on getting it right. There is so much competition in this industry that I knew that this really was the last ‘Will Worthington and The Black Rainbow’ […]

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My Guide for Literary Agent submission by R.E. Brooker

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Introduction: Before I begin this blog post, I want to make something clear to everyone: I am not an expert when it comes to literary agents. I am new to this terrifying, exciting (and hopefully life-changing) world; a world that is fraught with overspilling questions, like ‘Who do I send my book to?’ ‘What’s the […]

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A Writer’s Life by R.E. Brooker

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I’m on a magical ferris-wheel.  I never want to get off. The views here are breath-taking, enchanting  Imagination’s brush painting new landscapes over hills and seas,  chapters flooded in darkness, sprinkles of tinkling laughter, and far-away places –  not for you, or me The light bends, rainbow chinks A prism of my own making  ————- […]

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Why Do I Like Cleaning? The Mysteries of a Mess-Hating Mind!

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I wasn’t always like this…… When I was younger, I would often leave my bedroom in a complete mess, and somehow just be able to live like that! I would – (and I remember this so vividly) step over the clothes or toys that lined the floor, they were fine there….. and then, one day, […]

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Shooting for the Stars, cough, Pineapples…..

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Introduction Well, it has been a long road to my traditional publishing dreams; a road filled with so many twists and turns that I don’t even know where to look anymore. Experiences As I mentioned previously, I began Will Worthington and The Black Rainbow in 2007, and since then, it has gone through (I’m not […]

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My #1linewed on the 14th April – Theme – Egg

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Harry Potter “What shall we throw, George?” “I don’t know, Fred, what do you think we should throw?” “How about nothing?” said Ginny, “We can just de-gnome the garden like always.” “That’s boring!” chorused Fred and George, their eyes falling on a basket of eggs… “I bought a new one, ‘arry!” Hagrid said, with a […]

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