Yesterday, I finished another round of edits on book one of my fantasy trilogy, The One Who Could Not Fly. It took me both longer than I expected and less time than I expected. But I think that the edits were helpful, necessary, and overall make the book better. However, going through these edits has […]
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Less Writing Than You’d Think
The writing industry has changed a great deal in the last decade or so. When I was a girl, I was convinced that writing as a career meant penning the perfect novel (first try, naturally) and then being picked up by an agent or publishing house, which would then turn me into a bestselling author […]
The List
Ever since getting back from Edinburgh, I have been settling into life as a writer. I realised, mentally, that I would basically be starting a company and acting as the entrepreneur (entreprewriter?). What I didn’t quite realise was all of the things that go into that. First off, there’s marketing. That is more than just […]
A Few Hundred Words
As you may know, I have recently finished my MSc. I am now in the process of transitioning to being a writer full time (or, well, as close to full time as my sanity will allow, with a second job soon to be in the works). And it’s harder than I thought. I write a […]
Drafting a Plan
In less than two months, I will be heading back to the States in order to pursue writing as a career. If you have been following me at all, this will not come as a surprise to you. The fun part, though, is yet to come. Up to this point, I have been slowly building […]