The Anxious Writer

I know I’ve posted about anxiety before, but I’m an anxious person. I try hard not to be, and to fight against the overwhelming feeling of panic and worry and escalated, unlikely scenarios that build up in my mind, but sometimes I lose that fight. Even writing this right now, after months and months of […]

Lockdown Writer

I think it’s safe to say that everyone who might be reading this is aware of the pandemic that has swept the world. The Covid-19 virus has caused chaos, fear, and heartbreak across the globe and, unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere anytime soon. I live in the UK, where currently we are […]

Things No One Told Me About Being A Writer

This one’s for all the new, innocent, writers out there. Before I officially started writing the first draft of my first novel, I had no writer friends to warn me about the perils of being a writer. I dived into it with no idea of what was heading my way, so through my own experiences, […]

Useful Tools for Writers

When I first started working on my novel, I struggled a little as I was unprepared in terms of knowing what tools I may need to make the creative process run smoother. So to save some of you the hassle of having to run around in the world wide web searching for which sites, software […]

What I’ve Learned About Writing A Novel In One Year

It has been exactly one year since I started writing my first novel. I am currently 50,000 words into my first draft (which is roughly 49.5k words more than any other story I’d ever started and abandoned) and have another 45 to 50k-ish to go. In 365 days there’s a lot to learn and discover […]