notes from a nervous writer.
Musings from a chronically nervous writer from the UK. I wrote a book called The Lamb about mommy issues and cannibals.
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on letting go of a draft (opens the original)
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I’m an over sharer, an anxious mess, an ex publishing professional, a screenwriter, short story writer, personal essayist and a novelist (The Lamb & more soon). This is where I come to pass and receive nervous notes and be transparent about my writing and my wobbles. It’s part diary, part scrap book, but mostly a collection of extremely nervous notes scribbled down.I don’t have a paywall (bar one handwritten letter I write to paid subscribers every year), but if you’d like to support me, there’s
what you learn by looking back (opens the original)
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I’m an over sharer, an anxious mess, an ex publishing professional, a screenwriter, short story writer, personal essayist and a novelist (The Lamb & more soon). This is where I come to pass and receive nervous notes and be transparent about my writing and my wobbles. It’s part diary, part scrap book, but mostly a collection of extremely nervous notes scribbled down.I don’t have a paywall (bar one handwritten letter I write to paid subscribers every year), but if you’d like to support me, there’s
the best book i've read in my one wild and precious life (opens the original)
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I’m an over sharer, an anxious mess, an ex publishing professional, a screenwriter, short story writer, personal essayist and a novelist (The Lamb & more soon). This is where I come to pass and receive nervous notes and be transparent about my writing and my wobbles. It’s part diary, part scrap book, but mostly a collection of extremely nervous notes scribbled down.I don’t have a paywall (bar one handwritten letter I write to paid subscribers every year), but if you’d like to support me, there’s
what tarot reading taught me about my writing practice (opens the original)
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I’m an over sharer, an anxious mess, an ex publishing professional, a screenwriter, short story writer, personal essayist and a novelist (The Lamb & more soon). This is where I come to pass and receive nervous notes and be transparent about my writing and my wobbles. It’s part diary, part scrap book, but mostly a collection of extremely nervous notes scribbled down.I don’t have a paywall (bar one handwritten letter I write to paid subscribers every year), but if you’d like to support me, there’s
i am *still* trying to be a real writer (opens the original)
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I’m an over sharer, an anxious mess, an ex publishing professional, a screenwriter, short story writer, personal essayist and a novelist (The Lamb & more soon). This is where I come to pass and receive nervous notes and be transparent about my writing and my wobbles. It’s part diary, part scrap book, but mostly a collection of extremely nervous notes scribbled down.I don’t have a paywall (bar one handwritten letter I write to paid subscribers every year), but if you’d like to support me, there’s
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