Welcome to the January 2023 roundup! Well, it looks like the quickness of 2022 has followed us into 2023 as we're already one month down! It feels like I just barely got back to my writing desk after spending most of December in Sydney visiting family for Christmas, and I'm trying my best to get …
Welcome to the 2022 blog roundup! As is the tradition since the start of my blog in 2017, I'm rounding up the year that was, as well as my December! This year felt like it went by so fast that it's hard to remember getting anything done. I did, though. In fact, I released a …
Welcome to the November 2022 roundup! Can you believe we've just finished the second last month of 2022? While the end of the year always goes by super quick, it feels like the whole year has been like that and I've been trying to make progress on as many goals as I can so I …
Welcome to the October 2022 roundup! If you read last month's roundup, you'll know I was heading off for the surgery I'd been waiting over a year to have. Unfortunately, for the fourth time since 2020, it was canceled while I sat in hospital admissions and I really began to question if the universe was …
Welcome to the September 2022 roundup! Don't worry, I didn't accidentally publish this post before the 30th, which is when it would usually hit your inboxes/feed. Although it's a recurring fear that I will hit publish instead of save draft anytime I'm working on blogs, I'm purposely publishing this roundup blog early because I'm taking …
Welcome to the August 2022 roundup! Finally, I can write a monthly roundup and use the words: I released a book! It's been 2 years between novels, which was not something I intended. Like everyone in the world, the pandemic threw things for a loop and my creativity was not where it needed to be …
Usually, when I release a book, I like to do a bit of tongue-in-cheek post about the thoughts that run through your head, such as: Reading Your Book: Thoughts That Run Through Your Head Thoughts That Run Through Your Head Now You’re A Published Author Thoughts That Run Through Your Head When You Release A …
Continue reading Thoughts That Run Through Your Head When You Release A Book That Was Hard To Write
There’s a lot of work and emotion that goes into putting a book into the world. After all, it comes off the back of years of writing, self-doubt, triumphs, rejections, and elation. There are expectations too, your own and from others, but like the meticulous planning of your novel that went out the window with …
Continue reading Things To Accept When You Put A Book Into The World
Welcome to the July 2022 roundup! Well, this was yet another blink and you've missed it month! July went by so fast for me, mainly because I spent a solid two weeks of it working on the final draft of Blackbirch #3. The awesome #6amAusWriters on Twitter ran a #WinterWritingWarmUp event, and I used the …
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