Myths are great. We all know them, yet we’re constantly re-interpreting and re-imagining them in the fiction we create. Writers should steal from the best, so why not take inspiration from the stories that have survived for centuries? Look in any bookshop (especially the YA section) and you’ll find plenty of fairy tale retellings, and... Continue Reading →
Missed me? It’s been a while since I’ve made a proper blog post, so apologies for that. The blog is likely to be quieter this year as I’m making a push to improve my writing habits and actually get things done. I graduate in May so the first half of this year is getting as... Continue Reading →
It's that time of year again! For the past couple of Decembers, I've set myself a writing prompt challenge. Each day a new story writing idea, and twenty minutes to write something cool. It's surprisingly good for mining out new material, and quite often the stuff I end up with goes towards uni coursework, short... Continue Reading →
Hoo boy. I’ve not updated this series in a while. July, in fact. And stuff has changed again since then. Pyromancer’s felt pretty dead for a little while, and I’ve had doubts about whether or not to use it for my dissertation. I’ve just felt utterly stuck with it and unsure how to make it... Continue Reading →
The skin of my teeth, would be the answer lately. The ideas have not been flowing, and I’ve been feeling pretty blocked. I’ve been fairly busy over the summer, doing as much as I can before uni starts again. Competitions, blogs, anthologies, anything. But pretty much everything I've been working on has been for something. I've had... Continue Reading →
Writers don’t have it easy. Creating something purely from your imagination is an achievement in itself, but if you’re brave enough to send it out into the world then you have to be prepared for a lot of rejection. Of course, there’s a difference between an editor reading your work and deciding that it’s not... Continue Reading →
It’s been a little while since my last “update” post, and actually quite a lot has gone on since then. Last weekend I went up to Sheffield Film and Comic Con with my boyfriend Dale (in costume as Clara and the Eleventh Doctor!) and had an awesome time. My hands are a lot better than... Continue Reading →
Writer’s block comes in many forms. Sometimes you have no ideas, or you have the ideas but not the plot specifics, or you have that but not the words. But there’s a particular type that I seem more prone to. I like to call it Between Projects Syndrome. Looks more official in capital letters, doesn’t... Continue Reading →
Things have been pretty great this week. I went to Wales, got a tan (can you believe it?!), visited the Doctor Who Experience and unleashed my inner raving fangirl for the day. I also managed to give myself a writing injury. Probably had something to do with the three-hour typing sprint I did on the... Continue Reading →
So things are going a little better. I’ve been keeping a log of whenever I do research or writing, initially to help with my dissertation essay when I need to write it. But it’s also surprisingly motivational – I want to write something in it every day. When this thing’s finished I might post it... Continue Reading →
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