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You Don’t Have to Choose Between Truth and Invention (opens the original)
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Whenever someone asks me, about any of my stories, ‘Is it autobiographical?’ ninety percent of the time I feel like walking out of the room. Like, really, what do I say? Because sometimes it is. Sometimes it is absolutely not, and most of the time I have no idea. To be honest, what I want to shout is, ‘DOES IT MATTER?’Because we writers are strange creatures. We spend so much time making up places, people, conversations, histories, back stories, disasters, romances, family trees, worlds, and the
You Can Be Embarrassed by Your Ambition (opens the original)
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Yesterday, I was having a fun Sunday with my six-year-old nephew, and out of nowhere he announced that when he grows up he wants to be a footballer and a painter and a singer. I said, he can be all of these and more. To which, he said, “Yes. I know,” and went about playing with his Lego. And I wished us adults had more of this confidence of a six-year-old.For, you ask a writer about what they are writing and chances are the writer will tell you what they are working on but with a clause:It’s not
Final Call(s): Superstition, Myth, and the Clock That Won’t Stop Ticking (opens the original)
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There’s a reason superstitions exist. Somewhere, a long time ago, someone touched wood, avoided a ladder, or side-eyed a black cat, and it worked. Well, at least, it felt like it did in the moment. Humans have always been drawn to the small rituals that promise control over an uncontrollable world. And right now, we’re offering you one more: submit before the deadline, and then, fingers crossed!But the clock is louder than usual this week. Knock on Wood closes this Sunday, 27th September, which
You Don’t Know Them Yet (opens the original)
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I am going to tell you something that you know but don’t want to recognise. In your future, I see a writer who has finished their book. You don’t know them yet. But trust me, they are there and have accomplished what seems impossible right now. It is okay if you don’t believe me because you are in the ‘middle’ phase of writing. The most unforgiving of writing phases where you don’t have the enthusiasm of the ‘beginning’ or the solace of the ‘end’. As you trudge along, I want to reassure you that
Your Book Has Been Rejected (opens the original)
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I want to be clear about the terminology here. I will keep alternating between book, story, manuscript, novel and novella, and for the sake of this post, they will all mean the same thing: your labour of love.So yes. You get an email from one of the publishers you sent your book to. You take a deep breath, or maybe two, and open it. It says your manuscript has been rejected, followed by all the lovely things people tend to say when they reject your work. You nod thoughtfully. Mutter, “Fair enoug
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