Liz

  • 18. Voldemort and Freedom

    After going to two weddings and a family holiday in Cornwall, I’m back in London, working on editing Becoming Sweetwood again. I haven’t progressed with finding a job in publishing yet, but I don’t think the right thing has come… Continue reading

    18. Voldemort and Freedom
  • 17. Taking Up Space

    I’ve just watched Sophie Morgan’s Fight to Fly documentary on Channel 4, where she campaigns for the government to rule that there should be space on an aeroplane, like on a train, so that wheelchair-users can take flights without leaving… Continue reading

    17. Taking Up Space
  • 16. Idea!

    I still haven’t heard back from the internship I applied for. I’m not that concerned because I think I’ve processed it and moved on. It’s past the date when the job said it would start, so I’m not waiting around… Continue reading

    16. Idea!
  • 15. While I’m Waiting

    I am nervously awaiting back to hear if I have a shortlisting interview for the Editorial Assistant Internship I applied for. Well, I’m telling myself not to be nervous. I have already been to a longlisting group zoom interview where… Continue reading

    15. While I’m Waiting
  • 14. Ordinary Things

    When I finished my work for The Catchpole Agency, I started looking for entry level jobs in the publishing industry. I’ve always dismissed publishing as too competitive and cut-throat, but my work with the submissions inbox showed me I was… Continue reading

    14. Ordinary Things
  • 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

    13. Paid To Do What I Love
  • 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

    12. Where Are All The Dragons?
  • 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

    11. Forests
  • 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

    10. (Change is) Nature?
  • 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

    9. How Do You Write A Hero?