writer and home-maker
I find the beginning of the school year is always a good time to re-evaluate what I'm doing. To assess where I am in my plans and to realign them with where I am and where I want to go to. This year, as part of that I have been fleshing out my reasons for... Continue Reading →
I'm a private person: I don't shout about things that happen to me and I don't ask for help easily. Which makes it all the more difficult for me to promote myself. I prefer standing in the background, rather than being the centre of things. And yet I know that's what I'm going to have... Continue Reading →
Over the last few weeks, as well as relaxing over the summer holiday, I have been thinking through how to use the different broadcast methods I have. My newsletter is growing (sign up if you haven't already) and my Facebook author page is increasing in likes too. One hiccup that has made me rethink what... Continue Reading →
Since starting to write more seriously, and in so doing learn more about story structure, I find I'm reading more critically. And I can better articulate why I don't like something. I still need to work on understanding why things work well! This makes me slow down when I'm reading, and skip over less, so... Continue Reading →
The last few weeks I've mainly been working on three short stories - one as an exclusive for newsletter subscribers, and two to submit to other places. When/if they are published I will post links and tell you more about them. What I have learnt from doing this is that editing is hard work. I... Continue Reading →
I am launching a newsletter to let you know how my writing is going. I will send out a message once a month with an overview of how I'm doing, as well as something I've written. This maybe a short story, a character interview, or an excerpt from something I'm working on, and I expect... Continue Reading →
So at the beginning of the year I set myself some goals, and now we are halfway through the year it's a good time to look back and see how I'm doing on those. My goals for 2018 were: focus on writing improve daily routines look after me talk to friends First, writing. Well, that's... Continue Reading →
I have just published a Facebook Page for me as an author. I have been playing around with doing this for a while, and today actually pressed publish on it. This is the next step for me taking myself an an author seriously and trying to build up an audience before a potential 2019 publication... Continue Reading →
Here is a guest post from Katharine Grubb of 10 Minute Novelists all about their conference in the summer. It sounds great, so if you're thinking about it book quickly before the tickets sell out! ***** In this saturated market, you can’t afford to be a mediocre writer. For most of us, it’s not enough... Continue Reading →
