When I created this website, I had done a lot of reading around “publishing credits“, and felt the self-inflicted pressure to get myself published, including writing things that I didn’t really enjoy. Aside from the short pieces I’ve attempted to …
Routines and Priorities
It’s the end of June. It’s been three months since I began this blog and started taking the steps out of my comfort zone. In March, I created this website and began submitting short pieces, alongside sending my novel excerpts …
Stereotypes: The Short Story
Whenever I’ve read advice or interviews from published authors, they’ve often begun writing short stories; which they have submitted to magazines. A part of my mind still thinks “that’s what you need to get into writing”. As publishing credits, this …
The Day-Job: Having Two Careers
Like many writers, I have a full time job. It’s particularly common with those who are still in the process of writing and editing; those who haven’t taken that step forward of submissions to agents or publishers, or into the …