My First Royalties
Last week I decided to start changing my Amazon page over to my new pen name. I haven’t actually logged onto KDP for years (that’s apparently what having a baby/moving house/starting several new jobs etc does to me – but then again, I already knew I’d accidentally let...
About Writing
Lately I’ve felt a bit overwhelmed and under motivated. I don’t know if it’s because I’m so sick of winter, which always gets me down anyway, or life in general or what. I know I’ve been procrastinating on my fantasy novel - I’m chopping slowly away at it but to be...
Welcome to The Write District
As part of my new year goals, I’ve decided to try and make at least £500 from my copywriting and ghostwriting business. I made a little last year when I got my first client, but as writing is something I’d like to eventually replace my day job, I definitely need to...
What to do when you don’t want to write *that* book
Last week I mentioned how I wrote down my writing goals for this year. My goals so far consist of: Earning at least £500 from freelancing Submitting a new Arts Council submission for funding (make sure you check out this post to see if I’m successful this time...
New year, new goals
It’s another new year, which can only mean one thing – it's time to set some goals! No, I don’t mean resolutions. If you want to know more about my feelings on resolutions, then you can read my post here. As someone who loves lists and plans and bullet points, I’ve...
The universe (and puzzle pieces) work in mysterious ways
It was my birthday last month (hooray for December babies! It's cold! It's dark! No one has any money!) and one the gifts I received from my sister was a 'World of Dracula' jigsaw. I was SO EXCITED when I unwrapped it – I love jigsaws, I love vampires, it was totally...
Happy New Year!
Happy new year, folks! Well, we did it. We made it to 2023. I don’t know why, but I’m so glad to see the back of 2022. Here’s the thing, looking back, 2022 wasn’t even a bad year for me - I’ve had much worse - so why am I so relieved it’s finally January? Maybe it’s...
I FUCKING DID IT!
I FUCKING DID IT!! I still can’t believe it – after last week’s post wondering if I’d get my detailed synopsis done by Friday, I’m ssooo happy to announce that I DID IT!! Even now, 12 hours later, I still have a smile on my face, and I can’t stop thinking about it. Ok...
Hat weather!…and a NaNoWriMo update
Well, it's finally that time of year again – the wind is blowing, the fire is on, and the hats are out! Today was the first time this season that I put a hat on to walk the Big Terror, and my god am I glad I did. The wind today was chilling – luckily we seemed to have...
Happy NaNoWriMo day!
Well, today’s the day. Today’s the day all of us aspiring writers out there begin to feverishly scribble all our thoughts and feelings and half-plotted stories down, in the hopes that by the end of November we’ll have something vaguely assembling a finished draft (or...
Flash Fridays: Smile
It's Friday! And you know what that means - it's time for some flash fiction! This week's fiction piece is proper 'micro' - only 100 words allowed. Not too sure why I wrote what I did - perhaps it's something to do with the days getting shorter, and the nights...
September TBR Pile
Z's note: I originally wrote this post for the book club I’m a part of – Book with a Brew – you can check out the original post on their Instagram here. 🍂🔥📚 It’s finally autumn, which means the nights are drawing in, the days are getting cooler, and it’s time to...
Flash Fridays: Midnight
It's time for another Flash Friday! I was proper shocked when I looked back through my old posts and discovered its been A WHOLE YEAR since I last posted one of these. Surely that can't be right?! I remember writing my last one like it was yesterday - it's actually...
The Premonitions Bureau by Sam Knight
It's time for another book review! I originally wrote this review for the book club I'm a part of - Book with a Brew - you can check out the original post on their Instagram here. This is the first non-fiction book by Sam Knight, a staff writer for The New Yorker. As...
The Rejection List
As promised in my previous post, I've finally set up a blog post specifically so I can record aaalllll my many rejections for you guys. I'm hoping that by being completely honest about this process I can a) show you what the life of a writer is really like and b) use...
On Rejection
We've had a lot of people off work lately, which means I've been asked to step in and help out delivering some workshops in schools. I actually really enjoy doing things like that it – it's something new to try, I get to learn different skills and I also get out of...
British Fantasy Society – Golden Jubilee
Hello folks. What's this? Three posts in a week?? Has the world gone mad?! Well yes, but don't expect this every week. Ever since my anger flamed last week, I've been more determined to make steps, little and often, to get to where I want to go. Although my anger has...
Change in the winds
Today, I am angry. There, I said it. Phew. When I first started this new blog, I told myself that I’d keep all my posts super professional and writing-focused – no treating this like a personal blog and writing my actual thoughts and feelings. After all, this is my...