It’s been a while since I’ve done a writing post – this month has been crazy with edits and covers and blurbs and newsletters, so the poor old blog has suffered. Before I sold I used to blog a lot about the trials of being an unpublished author and lots of other writing related stuff. … Continue reading “Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit”
Category: not giving up
Monday Morning Inspiration – Or Not
In the quest for blogging inspiration, I’ve been going over my old posts from December last year to see what was happening in terms of writing back then and I came across a post about my chess player. At that stage I was in the process of rewriting him for SYTYCW, planning to submit the … Continue reading “Monday Morning Inspiration – Or Not”
Jackie Lays the Blame
So there I was, nursing my disappointments, holding on to them really tightly. And feeling tired and burned out and like it was all too hard. And I was doing really well, had my ‘giving up’ speech all prepared, the towel fully ready to be thrown in. And then some wretched people decided to write … Continue reading “Jackie Lays the Blame”
Angry Birds
Okay so no, haven’t had any news since that email from the ed last week. And am feeling frustrated today. The progress of this story feels somewhat akin to Chinese Water Torture and I’m wondering whether in April, when they told me the story needed to be rewritten, I should have just accepted the story … Continue reading “Angry Birds”
Happy Hoo-ness
I’m talking about Hoo, knee high stockings and not giving up at the Sisters blog. Check it out if you’re interested. If not then as you were. 😉