Over the past week, I’ve seen a lot of people saying that they don’t know what genre or market their book fits into, so I thought I would share with you what I have learnt over the years – and hope this helps you work out where your writing belongs! 🙂 I might be wrong […]
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I started my book in 2007, whilst I was doing my Creative Writing degree, and writing Harry Potter fanfiction! I graduated in 2010, with a 2:1. I submitted my book to agents 2015, and this was also the year that I joined the #amwriting community on Twitter. I was accepted into Golden Egg 2016 and […]
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I have had this dream about being an author since 2007. What I want to know today is…. Should I call it a ‘dream’ still, or is it wrong of me – maybe even as far as ‘cocky’ – to believe that after so much love and hard work, ‘Will Worthington and The Black Rainbow’ […]
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Today, I feel like making one of those reflective statuses, and with reflective statuses, it seems only right that you go back to the very beginning…. I started writing stories when I was around three years old (and reading too.) I’d write stories about lions, magic carpets, even frogs (I had a plastic frog in […]
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I’m really pleased to say that despite all the struggles this year has brought, things are – fingers crossed – beginning to seem brighter. As I mentioned in the last entry, I have started to learn bass guitar. It’s going well! There are lots of skills that I need to hone in order to play […]
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Morning, all 🙂 It has been a very weird, fuzzy existence for the past two months. In my last journal entry about inner thoughts, I mentioned ‘The Matrix’ as a movie that I could relate to…. Today, I remember another one. Anyone know the film ‘Sliding Doors?’ I really can’t help but think of it […]
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Until yesterday afternoon, I hadn’t written my book for months. One reason was the job at the autistic school; a real irony, as I cared about the position so much that I wanted to excel there…. then they asked me not to return (Ugggg, why did I bother?) For more details of my severely-pummeled-confidence, full […]
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Nutty introduction, right? Don’t worry, I’ll fill you in later. Tonight’s entry is going to be all about my rollercoaster emotions when it comes to jobs, the highs, the lows, the in-betweens and the alien-like times where I’ve felt confident and proud in what I’ve brought to the world of work. A few months back, […]
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I always get the jitters when it’s nearly time to – once again – parade around the Big Honk venue. I’m not saying where it’s based, as the event is hush-hush online, but I will say that some mega important faces attend this canape-crazy catch-up-with-friends-and-make-new-ones mish mash of an exciting black tie extravanganza. (Wow, now […]
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Each week, I am going to be showing you glimpses of the characters from my upper middle grade novel, ‘Will Worthington and The Black Rainbow.’ It’s been a nearly-eleven year road to publication, but, I will get there. In the meantime? It’s all about my protagonist. 13-year-old Will Worthington lost his parents in a ski […]
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