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13. Paid To Do What I Love
I’ve finished my two weeks of work sorting The Catchpole Agency’s submission inbox and I actually can’t believe how much I enjoyed it! Basically he gets hundreds of email submissions of people sending in stories they’ve written and I was… Continue reading
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12. Where Are All The Dragons?
James Catchpole the agent and I have had a call about Becoming Sweetwood and I’ve started working on a new edit of it. I think it’s going to take a while but I don’t mind taking it slowly. We also… Continue reading
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11. Forests
Just before the beginning of the Easter holidays, I received some feedback on my latest draft of Becoming Sweetwood from the agent James Catchpole. Basically, he thinks the concept is very arresting, but the way it’s written feels quite hazy… Continue reading
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10. (Change is) Nature?
I don’t have any more news about Becoming Sweetwood yet, and everything I’ve heard about the publishing process has prepared me for this. I’m in it for the long haul and it’s out of my control, so I’m not impatient.… Continue reading
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9. How Do You Write A Hero?
I haven’t had a lot going on at the moment, but I’ve been thinking about heroes. My latest draft of Becoming Sweetwood will be read in the next few weeks, hopefully before The London Book Fair on the 12-14 March.… Continue reading
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8. Bound To Happen
This week I asked my GP if a note on my medical record could be changed from ‘wheelchair-bound’ to ‘wheelchair-user.’ I’m a writer, I said, and think deeply about how language is used. Language subconsciously affects what we believe about… Continue reading
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7. I Remember Who I Am
I had my MA graduation yesterday. To be honest, I didn’t really understand all the fuss: everyone congratulating me for doing something I paid to do and that I knew I was good at. Anyway, so I guess now I… Continue reading
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6. It’s Happening Now
Yesterday I sent the edited second draft of Becoming Sweetwood to James Catchpole, the literary agent I met briefly last year and liked my first draft. I have been following @thecatchpoles on Instagram for a few years now, from before… Continue reading
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5. Change and Choice
I’ve just finished listening to Tom Felton’s memoir Beyond the Wand, an actor known for his work in the Harry Potter movies, and he mentioned his favourite theme in the series, that of choice, that is is the choices we… Continue reading
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4. The World Is Waiting For You
So, I’m in St Pancras again, waiting to get the train back to Leicester for Christmas. I had one of my favourite encounters on the bus this morning. As I was going up the ramp, an old lady said something… Continue reading
