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Writing Update: Academic Journals Elude Me
We’re back to in person classes at work! So life is once again ramping up to a hectic pace. Classes are chaotic as always, but I’ve been killing myself to make sure that my writing doesn’t suffer either. I ended up writing for the GlobeSoup 7-day writing challenge this time around. The genre I was…
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Writing Update: Calm Before the Storm
As August wound down, so too did my free time while itself away into nothingness again. I work full time as an English literature teacher, write articles part-time, work on my Creative Writing MA, write for my narrative podcast, DM a complex homebrew Dungeons and Dragons campaign, write just for myself and also somewhere in…
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Writing Update: Socialising is Scary
Summer vacation is always a time of writing for me. A few years ago I wrote 60,000 words in a summer vacation. This one was not as productive in terms of word counts, but I did end up with a lot to show for myself anyways. The Podcast I’ve been working on with some of…
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Reading Round Up: July/ August
I’ve been enjoying my summer holidays with rest, relaxation and a few good books. Some of these reviews were made with Advanced Reader Copies of the books in question. But I’ll mention that for each book. Beach Read – Emily Henry Two rival authors fall in love is the name of the game. I love…
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Writing Update: Finishing the Crime Writing Course?
So, this week is the last week of my Faber Crime Writing Course and it’s been a time. For our last piece of writing we need to include A Ticking Clock, A Punctuation Element and A Suspect Interview. Trying to get everything needed into the final piece feels like a bit of a squeeze. I’m…
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Reading Round Up: June
This month I went on a bit of a reading bender. I’m just glad that I’ve gotten my reading mojo back somewhat. Also, turns out that I read around four times faster than most other people. A discovery I had when my kindle told me it would take 8 hours to finish the book and…
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Writing Update: Busy or Burn Out
A chaotic two weeks but now, finally, an update. Being busy is one of my many ways of coping with the boredom aversion that my ADHD brings me. And boy have I been busy. I’m starting a narrative podcast with friends, so a lot of my free time is being funnelled into writing for that.…
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Writing Update: Am I a Pantser? A Planner?
This week was a wild ride for me with migraines, deadlines and general chaos. But a kernel of something emerged from all that. Another person on my Crime Writing course asked a question about flying by the seat of your pants when it comes to writing, so here’s my two cents on the issue. This…
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Reading Round Up: May
This month was a weird one for reading. It felt like I didn’t read all that much but checking back I apparently got through a lot. Woman with a Secret – Sophie Hannah As I started a Crime Writing course this month I added a few crime novels to my list. First of which was…
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Writing Update: Self-recrimination
This week was a wild ride. I finished up my final assignment for the first year of my mater’s degree, I embarked on another week of the Crime Writing course and I read five books. I know the last part isn’t technically writing but it still felt like an achievement to me. Or, at least,…
Creating a path to somewhere else.
Hannah Brown 