Welcome to the November 2020 roundup! Here we are at the end of November, which seems crazy considering 2020 has felt like it's dragged on for 5 years. In Melbourne, a lot of our stage 4 restrictions have eased, including traveling further from home and no longer having to wear masks outdoors if we can …
If you're a subscriber to my newsletter, you'll find the content of this new blog post familiar. Since July 2019, I've been keeping subscribers up-to-date on my writing journey, what I've been reading, watching, taking photos of, and writing tips. In order to keep writing without burning out, though, I've made the decision to close …
If life—and more specifically, 2020—has taught us anything, it’s that we don’t have control over everything. When it comes to writing, control is very much a balancing act. You can control which characters are in your story, but you can’t always control what they want to do (even if you think you can with that …
This week I received the author copy of my next book, Blackbirch: The Dark Half. As this is only the second book I've had published, it was still a thrill, although I can't imagine any writer getting bored with a box of their own books arriving on their doorstep. After all, it's years of hard …
Continue reading 4 Fun Things To Do With The Author Copy Of Your Book
Many of us will kick off April 2020 in the comfort of our own homes. This isn't a collective vacation, it's the new normal as the world adjusts to coronavirus. For some writers, this has been their way of life for years. For others, the initial burst of enthusiasm for working in their PJ's, extra …
So, my book has been out for a month now. It's the first and only book I've ever published, so I figured that made me perfectly qualified to give out advice… just kidding. I am in no way at all a book publisher extraordinaire after one release. I doubt I'd be one after twenty, but …
Continue reading 5 Lessons Learned After Releasing My First Book
By the time you've published a book, the process was so exhausting, thrilling, and exciting, you'll be forgiven for forgetting one thing that happens when you put your work out into the world; you get book reviews! Now, if you promised yourself you'd read any review with an open mind, ready to take on constructive …
Continue reading The Do’s And Don’ts Of Handling Book Reviews
Being a writer comes with its own inner-critic, that little voice in your head that whispers plot plots, questions if you're good enough, and also lets you know that you are. I've found that when I reach a writing milestone, that little voice goes into overdrive and bombards me with new thoughts. It happened a …
Continue reading Thoughts That Run Through Your Head Now You’re A Published Author
