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In the editing trenches…

I am going to start off this blog post by saying I had already written it, but I accidentally closed the window and it didn’t save the draft. Let this be a lesson to all that you should always save your work as you go!

Recently I realised that I was changing.

In a good way? Yes, hopefully.

Spring always brings with it the notion of blooming. Leaving the awful cold and dead winter behind is my favourite time of year. I hate winter. I hate being cooped up and having no day light or warmth in my bon...

It’s getting very WILD over here…

This is in no means a teaser for the book I’m working on right now… OK, you caught me red handed.

I do, in fact, have a particularly wild book which will be coming out later this year. I have been sitting on this story for a long time, it was actually written a good while ago for NaNoWriMo… followed by the other two books in the series, and this first book will soon be out there in the world.

That being said… editing is underway but not yet completed. I have high hopes I can do it all by the end ...

January wrap up

How is it the end of January already?

The start of this year has been energetic and, dare I say it, enjoyable?

Although I hate winter (generally) and the cold, especially the few days of snow we had recently, I think I’ve managed to skate my way through the hardest part by sticking to my new year plans and generally staying high in spirit.

Sometimes I worry that starting the year with such gusto is the recipe for disaster. I live in constant fear of falling out of love with my interests or routin...

What to expect in 2023

At the end of last year I began thinking about what I wanted to achieve in 2023. I didn’t write anything down, I just mulled. Fun fact, I’m really good at mulling. I can sit and mull for hours. It can look like I’m just staring into space and can often be confused with my ‘overwhelmed’ expression, but trust me when I say thoughts ARE happening.

The weekend just gone was a big one. Whilst I had been mulling, I had decided to use the first weekend in January to sit down and plan the year so I took...