The skin of my teeth, would be the answer lately. The ideas have not been flowing, and I’ve been feeling pretty blocked. I’ve been fairly busy over the summer, doing as much as I can before uni starts again. Competitions, blogs, anthologies, anything. But pretty much everything I've been working on has been for something. I've had... Continue Reading →
Writers don’t have it easy. Creating something purely from your imagination is an achievement in itself, but if you’re brave enough to send it out into the world then you have to be prepared for a lot of rejection. Of course, there’s a difference between an editor reading your work and deciding that it’s not... Continue Reading →
It’s been a little while since my last “update” post, and actually quite a lot has gone on since then. Last weekend I went up to Sheffield Film and Comic Con with my boyfriend Dale (in costume as Clara and the Eleventh Doctor!) and had an awesome time. My hands are a lot better than... Continue Reading →
Writer’s block comes in many forms. Sometimes you have no ideas, or you have the ideas but not the plot specifics, or you have that but not the words. But there’s a particular type that I seem more prone to. I like to call it Between Projects Syndrome. Looks more official in capital letters, doesn’t... Continue Reading →
Things have been pretty great this week. I went to Wales, got a tan (can you believe it?!), visited the Doctor Who Experience and unleashed my inner raving fangirl for the day. I also managed to give myself a writing injury. Probably had something to do with the three-hour typing sprint I did on the... Continue Reading →
So things are going a little better. I’ve been keeping a log of whenever I do research or writing, initially to help with my dissertation essay when I need to write it. But it’s also surprisingly motivational – I want to write something in it every day. When this thing’s finished I might post it... Continue Reading →
Pyromancer has been neglected for a few months. I had coursework deadlines, and the launch of our class anthology to organise (see my last post for updates). But now I’m starting to blow the mental dust off this project, only to find a whole nest of writerly self-doubt has been breeding in the meantime. It... Continue Reading →
Did you miss me? Bet you did, just a bit. This blog’s been super quiet for a long time, so firstly an apology for the long silence and tumbleweeds. It’s been an extremely busy few months and I’m still trying to get back to normality. Some good stuff has happened, some not-so-good stuff has happened.... Continue Reading →
So a lot has happened since that last Rewriter’s Block post. I planned some chapter rewrites. Gave the antagonist an early cameo. Cried a bit over the mess that is chapter five. And then I had something of a painful revelation. First drafts are not the final story. Quite often they’re templates, and anything can... Continue Reading →
Productive is such an ambiguous word. We writers tend to throw it around a lot. It might mean we’ve reached a daily word quota, or finished a project we’re truly proud of. It might just mean we’ve finished a blog post on time (one of these days). The word is used for so many different... Continue Reading →
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