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Got that Sunday afternoon, back to school feeling and I’m excited for the week ahead.

I’m going to start planning a non-fiction book I’m working on with @lakelandfalconer and I’m sending my fiction book off to my publishers. So looking forward to getting stuck in again.

I pretty much took August off from writing. I read some great books, took some time with my family and feel all the better for it.
So here I am, setting out my intentions and accountability for myself.

What’s your intentions for the week ahead?

I’m just getting back into the swing of things a

I’m just getting back into the swing of things after my wonderful weekend at Harrogate Crime Writing Festival.

Oh it was good. So good.
So good to talk with readers & authors, to chat and laugh and just be with likeminded folk.

Thankyou @laurapauthor @nikkismith_author @lauren_c_north @cjcooper_author @nicolaraynerwrites @stellaonithewriter @elle_croft @susielynes and many more lovely people who I don’t know the accounts of. Also to @devonpoeruk who asked me to sign her kindle cover and made my night! Can’t wait for next year!

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What do you wish someone had told you before you started writing?

I wish someone had told me that the difference between getting published and getting rejected is in a large part down to perseverance.

That the ‘happened overnight’ success stories are super rare. Keep going and things are sure to happen.

What would you tell your younger writing self?
Tag a fellow writer - let’s get a bank of good writing advice!

I’ve started with the gratitude journaling again

I’ve started with the gratitude journaling again.
It makes such a difference, here’s the rules.

Write 5 things that happened today that you are grateful for.

They have to be particular to the past 24 hours and have to be specific - no obvious choices like, ‘I’m grateful for the sunny day’

I’ll go first:

1. The little rabbit that ran out in front me as I was walking up the street

2. The audio book recommendation that I’m already addicted to

3. Friends that make me laugh via text

4. Friends for telling me about the current Zara sale (online! Go, go go!)

5. My daughters ability to be so insightful

What’s your top five?

Writers, who do you follow that I need to? I’m

Writers, who do you follow that I need to?
I’m sorting and curating my feed and need some fresh accounts.

And if it’s you, let me know!
I often miss following back people who follow me as my notifications get grouped together and are easy to miss. Thank you loves x

Curled up on my reading chair for a few hours. Per

Curled up on my reading chair for a few hours. Perfect.

My June newsletter went out today! Better late than never, hey?
It’s all about what I’m writing and reading and if you want to read it, link is in my bio.
Have a lovely evening x

I walk past this field of wild flowers on my way t

I walk past this field of wild flowers on my way to work.

It’s so beautiful and my phone is full of pictures of it, I have to take a photograph each time I pass.

Today I took my book, the plan was to stay on my way home. To sit a while and enjoy it. But there were so many bugs and bees and flying things that I could only stay a while.

I still love it though.

I saw a tutorial on this photo effect and had to t

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Planning out my writing week with this little book. I’ve not tried this method before, but with so much to do, I’m giving it a go.

I’ve separated it into a weekly spread, showing days of the week at the top including my meal planner, because deciding what to eat seems to be such a headache lately!

Then got a tracker for my every day tasks underneath that and tracking for my edit that’s underway.

I’m hoping that by keeping a note of everything I can get it all done and get this edit over to my agent at last!

It’s been a long weekend here and the sun has be

It’s been a long weekend here and the sun has been out for most of it.🌞🌞🌞
I’ve seen friends, gone to the pub, read in the sunshine, been out in the water, tinkered with my novel and just had the best time.

What have you been up to?

I thought I was almost done with my edits, just ha

I thought I was almost done with my edits, just had the last quarter to go, and then I got a new insight and bam. 💥

Things need to change.
I am so not nearly done at all.

This is the beauty of having a long suffering husband like @lakelandfalconer who doesn’t mind being my first reader and is brave enough to ask all the questions that I don’t have answers to.

Thought my plot was watertight but turns out it’s not.

So the moral here I suppose is always get yourself a trusted reader. Someone who you can take criticism from, someone who has the guts to tell you when your story isn’t working and will ask you difficult questions about it.

Always, always learning and always getting better at the craft for it.

Went to my favourite place, ordered a coffee, read

Went to my favourite place, ordered a coffee, read my book and it was SO GOOD!
I have missed this. ☕️📚
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