Being a writer means life is a series of highs and lows, ups and downs, with a constant undercurrent of hope and/or despair. Last week, everything happened at once. I was waiting to hear back from a Twitter pitch event where I’d been asked to submit the full manuscript. I was also waiting for a …
On the face of it, writing looks like a lonely job. When you first set out, and you’re still a full-time, working parent, you carve out those tiny moments of time at 5am or once the kids are in bed and hope that chipping away at a manuscript in ten minute chunks will create something …
Today has been an amazing day! The Christmas Collective announced that I am one of three new authors and I couldn’t be more excited! The thought of having something I’ve written published by the end of the year is literally a dream come true! Originally, we all found each other on social media, having been …
My life revolves disproportionately around Post-it Notes. I use them at work and in real life. But mostly, I use them for writing. They are there in the middle of the night, when I wake up from a vivid dream with novel potential, or when I am lying awake unable to ignore the beginning of …
This is my second foray into the world of querying, where time stands still and your heart jumps into your mouth every time a new email pings into your inbox. I realise now, that last time I sent things out to agents, my manuscript simply wasn’t ready. I cringe now to think that I probably …