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Internship!
There are varying times in my author career I’ve inevitably known I’ve failed. Whatever was being asked for, whatever they wanted, I couldn’t give. This… wasn’t one of those times. This was the opposite. In a conversation about other matters, I vented my frustration. About doors being closed in my face in the publishing industry.…
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Dead zone
I woke up this morning at 6am, got out of bed, and hit the desk with a furor and if you think this is how I normally operate you’d be dead wrong. I’m an out of bed by about 8:30, maybe 9am on a Saturday, because it’s the morning I get to sleep in with…
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Too Tired to Write
I’ve seen several long time twitter accounts deactivate over the last few months, and a friend I thought I’d got back has just vanished entirely. Another person I know blocked me on twitter because no one was taking their script. They wouldn’t try/couldn’t bring themselves to write another, and when I tried to console them…
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Hard Lessons Learnt
Hard Lessons Learnt – Writing your #neurodiverse self is more than what to write, but your #writerslife as an #ND #author
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Neurodiverse editing
Those not on the social platform Twitter will have missed the enlightening conversations happening around neurodiverse authors and their writing being policed. I say this knowing full well that I myself have struggled with the idea of what it is to be an ND author. That writing our own unique story telling voices are breaking…
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Writing wrong
Just writing the title of this blog post is sending my skin crawling. It’s a physical effort to type. But I can’t not. I can’t not say something about being neurodiverse now while its fresh, clear and concise in my head, even if this blog post might not be – not if you’re neurotypical. On…
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Finding My Agent: A Seven Year Journey Through Hell
Originally posted on Amanda Woody: https://media.giphy.com/media/dyplPAwDGyfSznhJMe/giphy.gif Gif of Meryl Streep not giving a shit and downing a bottle of wine First and foremost, shoutout to Paula Gleeson (@PaulaGleeson) for inspiring me to write this. I wasn’t sure anyone was interested in my journey, so if you’re reading this, it’s because of her! Also I paid…
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Queen of Spades Trilogy complete!
I’m so excited to announce that book 3 in the Queen of Spades Trilogy will be released on April 17! My #scifi #romance is complete, and each #ebook #99c! If you love soft scifi, slowburn romance, and cliffhangers then this now complete series is for you! I’ve often spoken of the challenges of self publishing…
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Prepped Review
There’s being prepared for the end of the world, and then there’s being prepared for the end of your world. Becca’s cynical resistance to her parents brainwashing doomsday philosophy strolls right past parental resentment into a full blown secret plan to flee to college on a scholarship and leave it all behind. But she can’t.…
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Screams from the Void Review
Scary in space has always spoken to me as being like Alien in terms of suspense; there is a monster in the dark, and you know its coming. Tibbets places you on the page with an ominous whisper in you ear; its already here. It’s behind you. There is no hesitation, no stopping, and no…
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Book Review: The King’s Weapon
In this week’s read I found myself, thanks to Tiktoker @crabandbell reading Neena Laskowski’s The King’s Weapon. The story follows Kallie who’s trained all her life to follow her father’s wishes, and unite the Kingdoms as they were in the past. With a latent gift for manipulation, when she touches someone she can tell them…
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Echo of the Evercry ARCs!
I never planned to write a neurodivergent book. I didn’t mean for Larissa to be autistic. But it happened. And I didn’t realize it until I was reading the edits because all I’d done was write Larissa true to me. As someone who wanted to solve fights with words, and not swords. As someone who…
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Book Review: World Running Down by Al Hess
Book Review of World Running Down by Al Hess – The writer within me was enraptured from the first line, and promptly pushed the reader into Valentine’s van for the ride. #bookreview #5tars #scifi #dystopia #lgbtqia #artificialintellegence #andriods
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Echo of the Evercry Cover Reveal!
I’m so excited to show you the cover for Echo of the Evercry! Out 1st July 2023, this all female #fantasy is the book of my heart, enemies to friends, and finding purpose. If you are a #bookreviewer or #bookblogger, hit me up because I have #ARCs too! Ecopy only for now, but print to…
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