For 2018, my goal is to review each book I read. I’d love to hit my usual minimum of 12, but having failed that last year, I just want to get back to reading regularly again. I’m a quarter of …
Writer’s Well-being 7: Physical Health
As a Mental Health Practitioner, I have been experimenting with well-being exercises that support my writing, and I want to open up discussions about writer’s well-being. Well-being is defined as “the state of feeling healthy and happy” by the Cambridge …
Level-Up! Essence of Green :: February 2018
“Anyone can love a thing ‘because’. That’s as easy as putting a penny in your pocket. But to love something ‘despite’: to know the flaws and love them too. That is rare and pure and perfect.” – Patrick Rothfuss February was …
Energy and Anticipation
I began focusing on my wordcount in 2014, aiming for at least 100,000 new words of fiction written across the year. The aim of this was to keep my creative brain moving: to keep progress moving steadily forward. I found …
Initial Beta Feedback and Style
Last week I sent over my current (finished last year) draft of The Felled Gods to a beta reader. I’d forgotten just how many passes I’ve actually taken, and was quite relieved to notice that at least the first chapter isn’t terrible. …
Socialising as a Writer
Last night I had dinner and attended a comedy gig with my friend who runs the local NaNoWriMo write-ins. We met 2 years ago at an ice cream parlour during NaNo 2016, and have chatted on and off since. We …