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Cosiness and the art of world-building
I’m writing this from within one of those sleeved-blanket-hoodie things. I’m toasty warm! My new project is a cosy fantasy novel that is a lot of fun to write. It actually started life as a quick character- and world-building exercise but has grown arms and legs (or rather, wings) and is now my current work…
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The search for agency
Me again. Thought it would be fitting to mark this momentous occasion with a blog post. I’ve officially gone on submission to literary agents! I’ve glued my heart to my sleeve and stepped into the swirling morass of form rejections, auto-responses, and outright disregard in search of the shining treasure: someone who wants to take…
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Prize and Progress
Time flies, huh? Hard to believe it was 11 months ago that I wrote the first blog post. Oh well, better late than never. That exciting news I hinted at in the last post is that my work made it to the finalist stage of the Gutsy Great Writers Page One prize! gutsygreatnovelist.com/page-one-prize-winners-2022/ What a…
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A new venture
I’ve been contemplating this for a while, but I’ve finally set up my official website and all of the various social media channels for my authordom. At this stage in the proceedings, I’m about a quarter of the way through my redraft before I send it off to friends and family for a friendly decimation.…
