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Coming home and The End Point

Posted on 28/10/2010 by

That’s it. Semester over! This semester was big. Really big. Fourteen novels for just two of my subjects and that’s only the stuff with covers. At least two reams of paper, lots of ink, hours and hours of reading off … Continue reading →

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The Literary Legacy of a Trip I Never Took

Posted on 24/10/2010 by

My father and stepmum recently got back from a 3-month holiday. We caught up yesterday, and they gave me some presents from around the world – they did well. This sign now sits in my study looking endlessly cool. It … Continue reading →

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Passive/Aggressive Cheek and A/I Excitement!

Posted on 21/07/2010 by

This is a messy post – I’m just putting that out there now, so that you know what you’re getting yourself into. Mess. Which proceeds thus… I’m back at uni. We started back on Monday, and it’s been really good…Until … Continue reading →

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Admiration/Inspiration Thursday: A Week of Inspiration

Posted on 15/07/2010 by

This week, I’ll be sharing with you some of the inspiration for my writing this week. Via the wonderful Steph Bowe I discovered “We Heart It“, and have been sourcing a lot of inspiration from there. So here’s kind of … Continue reading →

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The Importance of Creative Peers, Again

Posted on 26/05/2010 by

A few weeks ago I posted about creative people’s hierarchy of needs. The one that resonates most with me is “the need for creative peers”. The last week has really solidified that for me. Currently in the last week of … Continue reading →

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Reading Anxiety

Posted on 11/04/2010 by

Am I reading enough? I constantly ask myself. Jacinda Woodhead at Meanland says no. Jacinda talks about the guilt she feels when she does other things instead of reading. I get this. Somehow in my mind, reading has a privileged place which … Continue reading →

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Too perfect = blank pages.

Posted on 05/04/2010 by

I’ve had this problem for a long time, and I suspect that for a lot of writers this is the root of the “terror of the blank page” problem. This morning I came across a post by Fiona Gregory of … Continue reading →

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DS Breaking into eReaders?

Posted on 04/03/2010 by

I’m absolutely flat out. So I’m linking to something I found incredibly interesting, utterly horrifying, and somewhat amusing: The prospect of Nintendo DS becoming an eReader.

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Beginnings

Posted on 01/03/2010 by

I’m beat. Bushed. Buggered. Sooooo tired. I feel like I woke up on Saturday, and haven’t stopped since. Up until this point, I’ve avoided blogging about my latest achievement simply because I was terrified it wouldn’t stick – that I’d … Continue reading →

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Officially A Twat

Posted on 22/02/2010 by

Quite unlike me to blog twice in the one day, but: after having multiple people tell me just how valuable a Twitter account is for blogging, I’ve now signed up for Twitter. I’m a Twat. If you want to follow … Continue reading →

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