Hey everyone, Sorry I have been a bit quiet on the blog lately but I have been in the editing cave, spending all my time editing my MG novel for PitchWars. I entered the day before the submission window closed and have been doing another look over it in case the mentors want to read … More A Writerly Update 76 + Meeting Holly Black.
I realised today that I haven’t update my open submissions page since October 2014! That is crazy, and I apologise for not updating in on a more regular basis. Because it has been so long since I updated I thought I share with you some open submissions I know about as my tip for this … More Writing Tip Wednesday: Open Submissions.
Hey Everyone, I’ve been busy, busy, busy editing this past week. At the beginning of the week I had worked on my historical fantasy. I edited chapter three, adding a new character which I am excited about it. Her new plot will help toward building the word count; I’m currently trying to add 13k to … More A Writerly Update 75.
“Here’s the thing about being a writer, or a musician, or an artist, or any sort of creative person. The ones who make it are the ones who make themselves do it. They’re the ones who practice even when it seems like they aren’t getting any better. They’re the ones who open up their work-in-progress … More Writing Quote Wednesday: Wise Words From Maggie Stiefvater.
Release Date: June 2015. Publisher: REUTS Publications. Source: From publisher in exchange for an honest review. About Deceptive Cadence: Cadence Anderson has the perfect definition of happily ever after . . . Until she doesn’t. A freak earthquake shatters her life as surely as her home, taking away everything she holds dear. She wakes in … More Review & Interview: Deceptive Cadence By Katie Hamstead.
Hey Everyone, It’s going to be a short and sweet update this week, not because I haven’t been busy writing, but because I’ve been busy working on only two things. First, the good news: my internet problems have finally been fixed. Properly this time so there should be no more disruptions and the blog can … More A Writerly Update 74.
Hey Everyone, Sorry it’s been two weeks since my last update, but you guessed it, I have no internet. I got mobile internet that was supposed to last a month, but I used it all up in a week. Being a blogger takes a lot of Internet. We have a guy coming tomorrow afternoon and … More A Writerly Update 73.
Release Date: June 2015. Publisher: Escape Publishing. Source: From publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis from Goodreads: From Anna Clifton comes a sweet, emotional, beautiful romance about a man whose life has been derailed and the unexpected woman who can help him get it back on track. ‘It’s for other reasons … More Review: Making Ends Meet By Anna Clifton #AWW2015.
Found these two little gems on twitter yesterday, posted by @erinbowbooks & @PSLiterary, and thought I shared them with you: “I suppose half of writing is overcoming the revulsion you feel when you sit down to it.” -Flannery O’Connor. “Don’t let a single day go by without writing. Cause even garbage eventually becomes compost with … More Writing Quote Wednesday.
It’s been two weeks since my last update and that’s because I didn’t have internet for over a week. The good news is that I have a temporary fix for the internet issues I have been having and will have internet for the next 30 days! June ended which means my writing challenge has ended. … More A Writerly Update 72.
Rochelle L. Sharpe 