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33. Perfectionism and Lost Zebras
I’ve started reading though my novel out loud to edit it. My course has been taking a break over the Easter holidays but I haven’t! I decided to query it with another agent again, which I did a few days… Continue reading
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32. The Power of Friendship!
The agent I submitted to passed on my novel. This sounds sad but it’s not! Rejection is a completely normal non-personal part of being an artist. What amazed me so much was that she responded in 3 working days! For… Continue reading
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31. Plot Plus Execution
Last week I went to the London Book Fair again. It’s not hugely relevant to authors because it is mainly for publishers to do business, showcase their companies and for international deals to be struck (this is my third timer… Continue reading
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30. Plans and Preparation
Does not being able to walk make me a better writer? Or not playing guitar? Does having fewer options of ways to express myself make the mode of expression that I can do better? Have my talents all been shaken… Continue reading
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29. Waiting
James Catchpole said he’ll get round to looking at Alice in Wheelchairland by the end of the month, so now I’ve been trying to distract myself by coming up with a new story idea. I say to myself “Come on,… Continue reading
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28. Run From It Or Learn From It
I’ve finished putting together Alice in Wheelchairland! I’ve been editing my cover letter and writing a chapter breakdown as I went, so I prepared along the way, something I didn’t do with the last book I wrote. I put the… Continue reading
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27. Wilding Our Society Along With Our Landscape
Happy Christmas and happy New Year, etc etc hooray. Like many people, I’ve been spending the holidays with family and seeing more family. I’m in Leicester for New Year and yesterday someone asked me what was my best book I… Continue reading
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26. Simulated World
I still can’t quite believe I’m here. From my flat I can go along the Thames to the park. From my bedroom I have a stunning view of the railway. Yes, it is a very industrial area with lots of… Continue reading
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25. The View!
I’m on a train again from Guildford back to London, where I had lunch with my sister and some of her friends for her birthday. When I went to catch the train home, the station was closed due to a… Continue reading
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24. An Endless Sky
As I was outside today under the bright blue winter sky, I remembered how it has been 10 years since I wrote the novella An Endless Sky for my Extended Project Qualification in Year 13. I wrote it in my… Continue reading
