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A Not-So-Graceful Return

Did you miss me? Bet you did, just a bit. This blog’s been super quiet for a long time, so firstly an apology for the long silence and tumbleweeds. It’s been an extremely busy few months and I’m still trying to get back to normality. Some good stuff has happened, some not-so-good stuff has happened.... Continue Reading →

How To Be a Productive Writer

Productive is such an ambiguous word. We writers tend to throw it around a lot. It might mean we’ve reached a daily word quota, or finished a project we’re truly proud of. It might just mean we’ve finished a blog post on time (one of these days). The word is used for so many different... Continue Reading →

December Writing Challenge!

This time last year I was feeling pretty uninspired, and so I invented a little 24-day challenge called the Writing Advent Calendar. Instead of buying a chocolate cardboard box, I listed as many online story prompt generators as I could find and then tried to complete one each day. That lasted all of about one... Continue Reading →

NaNoWriNah

It’s a question that every writer gets asked at this time of the year. And no, it’s not “so when are you going to get a real job?”. It might even be worse than that, because if you’re asked it then it means the other person takes you seriously as a writer (or at least... Continue Reading →

Knitted Daleks Revived My Writing Spirit

I’ve been in a writing slump this month. It’s kind of like writer’s block, but with an added bonus of “what’s the point?” syndrome. I’d submitted stories to five different places, all of which promised to get back soon and... didn’t. The waiting dragged on, and despite my efforts to put it to the back... Continue Reading →

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