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Continue reading →: Call for submissions!I thought that title had a cool ring to it, like when big publishing houses announce they’re going to accept (and possibly even read) unsolicited manuscripts for the next 30 minutes – so you better get your submissions in fast! Sorry, this is not that exciting. If at all. I’m…
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Continue reading →: 9 reasons why you should self-publishMany of you will know that I am considering self-publishing my novels. It’s not something that I’ve considered lightly as I know going it alone is not easy and there’s still a fair bit of stigma attached to self-publishing. However, I really do believe the benefits far outweigh the negatives.…
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Continue reading →: When you are still single and a romance writerThis feels like a running joke of I know what you did last summer. February 14th is the one day of the year I would love to have a SO, yet I always come up short. Maybe that’s the problem. I love being on my own for the other 364…
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Continue reading →: How did I REALLY get 6,000 followers?This is a reply to an email I received from a lovely follower who wanted to know ‘my secret’. I don’t think there really is a secret, but over the years I have definitely learned a few tips and tricks from observing (and asking) the greats. In general, these are…
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Continue reading →: Hope, all the hopeThis was originally titled ‘Rejection, all the rejection’, then I read The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F***, and I thought, what the hell is wrong with me? Even just reading the word ‘rejection’ gets me down. Ain’t nobody got time for that. There is a theme upon which my…
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Continue reading →: The One Left Behind: Part 2Part 1 Sybil My family think I have my head in the clouds. For years I have rebelled and protested against their assumptions, refusing to be painted into a box of their choosing. Funny thing is, they’re right, I do have my head in the clouds. It’s even possible that…
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Continue reading →: The Nine Newbies of WordPressOnce upon a time I was a little blogging newbie who started a blog on WordPress with no clue what she was doing. I didn’t even know there was a WordPress Reader. I still remember the first time I clicked the READER button. I was like, what the hell is this??…
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Continue reading →: Guess who got published? Louise Allan!Yep not me, this post is all about the lovely Louise Allan and her debut book, The Sisters’ Song. It’s surreal watching a blogging buddy fly above and beyond to such new and unimaginable heights. I’ve been following Louise closely after coming across her wonderfully popular ‘Writer’s in the Attic’ series. It…
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Continue reading →: Want to publish that novel? Moi aussi, allons-y!I have a long history of starting stories, and never really finishing them. I started writing my first ‘proper’ book when I was 18. It was called Evie and featured a university-aged girl who wakes up five years in the future – a future in which all her dreams have…







