Lobster, copy edits, and reviews.
Once again I’m writing this at the swimming pool. At any one time, there’s usually a Beal wishing a sibling hadn’t been born. But give them the opportunity to get…
Category: Writing
Strange, but professional behaviour. And a break.
Novelists are known for their strange behaviour. My search history is nowhere near as bad as that of a crime writer, but I do have a bad habit of staring…
Funky Gorilla hopefully here we come.
By the time this goes out, my almost-sixteen-year-old should have finished taking his GCSEs. Thirteen of them. His choice. I’m only pushy when I remember and in this case, I…
Deep work and the girl
I have about 12 hours per week for deep work. For me, this includes writing, editing, and email pitching/ asking people for something. I can do more for a big…
Sore throat, half term, and looking for a sensitivity reader.
I think of myself as quite a good wife, but every so often, I realise I could be more sympathetic. Like now, when I have finally caught one of my…
Pathological editing syndrome.
07.04 I spent six or seven hours this week writing a single email. It went to more than one person, but it was the same one. Did I need to…
Shtisel and losing touch with reality.
It seems I need other adults around to behave like a grown-up myself. My husband had COVID for the first week of the Easter holidays and was holed up in…
From here to publication: creating an excellent product.
So, Cadence is in business. Pre-orders have started coming in for the e-book of SOLD. And now we’re about to send Sue’s book to 3 teenage beta readers. We want…
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