I got a personalised rejection letter with feedback for a short story I submitted to a mag, and I’m not sure I’m brave enough to read it.
This writing life
My personal journey from writing as a hobby to writing as a full-time passion and career.
Bitch-Space: 29 May 2024
I had a thought today, and it’s a thought I’ve had before so bear with me, but today is the moment when it firmed in my mind and because an actual thing/movement/whatever. It’s now embedded in my brain. The thought… This particular stage of writing Woman in White is the discovery stage, not just of … Read more
Protected: Bitch-Space: 10 May 2024
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Bitch-Space: 6 May 2024
I’ve been mentally cheating on my current WIP (Woman in White) with a new book idea. It’s a pretty fucking awesome idea and it entertains me during work hours. It doesn’t have a name yet, but it’s sexy and exciting and I really just love thinking about it. I don’t think about WiW, like… WiW … Read more
Bitch-Space: 3 May 2024
It is time for Bitch-Space. I just wrote some 650 words for WiW and… it wasn’t smooth as butter and I’m not sure if I like them (what’s new), just as I’m not incredibly happy about not hitting 1k words within the hour I set for myself. But still… I feel like I made progress … Read more
Bitch-Space: 30 April 2024
I wrote and submitted a short story all in the same day. It’s fucking scary. I’m still firmly in the “the story fucking sucks” phase of the writing process, which is not conducive to confidence when sending a story to a paying market… for other people to judge. But hey, I did it. As well, … Read more
Bitch-Space: 29 April 2024
I had a bit of a… breakthrough? Epiphany? Epiphany sounds better, “breakthrough” makes it sound like I actually did something when all that happened was a spark. Still, sparks are important, every canon shot that breaks a wall begins with a spark, so… there’s that. Anyways, I had an epiphany of the minor kind. I … Read more
Bitch-Space: 27 April 2024
I still don’t know what I’m doing. I guess that’s the big thing, ain’t it? The not knowing? I mean, it’s so prevalent through all of my life that’s it’s not funny. The whole massive planning thing, the 10-year, 5-year, 1-year, quarterly and monthly plans, even the weekly shit, that’s just a whole big con … Read more
Bitch-Space: 26 April 2024
I still don’t know what to write, and these gloves make my fingers feel weird, makes typing a little harder. I don’t know what the issue is with WiW and where I’m at. I’m all excited to write the story and find out where it goes (let’s be honest here, I know where it goes, … Read more
Bitch-space: 1 Feb 2024
I’m looking at the reminder to write So Long and Thanks for all the Diamonds stuck to the bottom of my monitor and wondering, why am I hesitate to unleash this new Type Type Type method on an existing/half-finished work? What is it about TTT or an unfinished shorty that, dare I saw it, scares … Read more