by Clarissa | Oct 21, 2019 | writing
It’s coming up to the time of year again for NaNoWriMo, or the National Novel Writing Month. Where many writers attempt to write a 50,000 word new piece of fiction in a month. That’s an average of 1,667 words a day for the whole of November. I participated...
by Clarissa | Oct 15, 2019 | writing
Some of you may have noticed that my blog has a new tagline: Exploring purpose and belonging across worlds Over the summer I’ve been thinking a lot about what direction I’m going in with my writing, and what the theme is that ties it all together. And I...
by Clarissa | Oct 7, 2019 | writing |
Over last winter I released four short stories. Those are now unpublished and I am putting those, together with a least four others, into a collection. This is called A mixed bag, and is available to pre-order before it is published on November 28th. These are the...
by Clarissa | Sep 30, 2019 | Self publishing |
When writing fiction it is really important to be aware of what genre you’re writing in, and what expectations readers in that genre have. (This is true for traditional publishing as well as self-publishing. Though if you’re traditionally published you...
by Clarissa | Sep 17, 2019 | family, personal |
Over the summer, as well as planning out what I’m going to be writing for the rest of the year, I’ve been thinking about how I look after myself. Everyone knows the importance of physical exercise in order to look after your physical health, but what can...
