As you may know, I have been getting Speaker of Words ready for publication. If you don’t know about Speaker of Words, go check out its page! (I’m so excited, I keep doing the happy dance at random moments, much to the annoyance of my cat.) In getting Speaker of Words ready, I have been […]
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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 […]
Making a Few Changes
As I’ve settled in to my life as a full-time writer and entrepreneur-type, I have also started figuring out what works best for me as far as producing content goes. I have started doing YouTube videos twice a week (need to film this week’s Wednesday Reads) and am doing social media every day (excepting Sundays) […]
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 […]
In front of the camera
In case you were curious, I’ve recently started doing YouTube videos. I’m going to be talking about the writing process, linguistics and writing, book reviews and whatever else comes to mind. So far, I’ve done videos on pantsing (vs planning) a novel, how to use sociolinguistics to give your characters more variety and a channel […]