Row80 Update

Practice Duolingo everyday - excepting Tuesday, yes Listen to music/watch a show in one of my target languages twice a week Write 500 words every week day (2500 a week) - Nope. I wrote maybe a 100th of that, I think... Read a book a fortnight - I finished My Brilliant Friend and even wrote a review …

Blogging as Hobby or Business?

As many of my regular readers are aware, I recently sent a manuscript out to betas and I've been thinking a lot about the next steps to take, both in my writing and in my attempts to build a platform and brand. For a while now, I've been amassing a list of agents to query …

Three Years On…

It would appear to be my three year blogging anniversary. That snuck up on me quickly! The last three years seem to have flown by but I have learnt so much over that time. When I began this blog, I had just finished high school and was on a gap year. I had almost finished …

A week escapes too quickly.

How is it already a week into round 4???? How does time pass so quickly???? Why does the word speckle remind me of the colour purple????* These are the questions that baffle me. This week was also my first week back at uni after a very helpful week-long break. Edit Queen of Hearts Although I haven't …

And so it begins again…

Today marks the beginning of ROW80 Round 4. This will be the second time I've participated in this challenge. My decision to participate in Round 3 was spur of the most, badly planned and poorly organised. This round I intend to adhere more to my actual goals and not allow myself to get as distracted. …

The Liebster Award

I was pleasantly surprised on Thursday to receive a nomination for the Liebster Award by Melissa Mitchell. This award has been floating around for a while now in various forms and is a great way to gain an insight into the minds of your fellow writers, readers and bloggers. The guidelines are fairly simple: 1. Link …

The End of This Road, The Beginning of The Journey

When I signed up to participate in ROW80 two and a half months ago, it was a spur of the moment decision that I hoped would help me sort out my priorities. For me, ROW80 was a tool to reorganise my writing time and ensure that I could find a way to fit it into …

Sunday is like Monday, only better.

This is an intro to my post. Hello. This is my blog post. Hello. Topic: ROW80 update. Mood: potentially insane. Edit Queen of Hearts Editing...editing...I've thought about editing. I've planned which bits I want to edit. But honestly? Since last week I've worked on one scene. Because this is the first week back at uni for …

Three weeks in. Or is it four? A Tale of ROW80.

So a few weeks have passed since the beginning of ROW80 although I've kind of lost track of how many exactly. As for my goals, they are progressing as predicted. The ones I knew I'd be able to meet, I've met and the ones I knew I'd struggle with I've so far ignored. Which is …

ROW80 and WIPpet: A Tale of Acronyms

Hi everyone! If you saw my blog post on Monday you'll know that I am officially returned from my exam induced hiatus and have put my name down for the current round of ROW80. That means that as well as a WIPpet for you today I also have a quick ROW80 update: Edits Read over Queen …