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Writing Update: One Year Older
I turned twenty-eight this week. It was a surreal experience. Second birthday in lockdown, second birthday miles and miles away from my family, friends and significant other. Two more birthdays until thirty. Scary times. It feels like I have to be an adult now. Which seems weird to write; of course I’m an adult! I…
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Writing Update
This week is actually my last as a 27-year-old. I turn 28 on Monday… slowly inching towards the 30-year-old-cliche my blog title is a nod to. So, in true me fashion, I began a Crime Writing online course at Faber Academy. It seems like it’ll be a really fun opportunity to meet more writers and…
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Writing Update
As last week was so productive, this week was doomed to editing. I still hit my targets – even if I did have a little overwhelmed cry on Wednesday – but mostly this week I was focusing on editing my short stories for the various and sundry competitions I’m looking to enter. I hate editing.…
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Writing Update
As we here in Tokyo trundle back into another ‘lockdown’ or whatever the government is calling it this time, I find myself with more time on my hands. Which is both a blessing and a curse. My day job has gone back online for now, which cuts down on the amount of time I spend…
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Writing Update
This week went well writing wise! Wow alliteration. It comes as a surprise to be simply because of the amount of random untoward personal life stuff. A friend is going through some health issues. Some scary health issues. Work kicked off in the kind of way where it feels a lot like you’re drowning. But…
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Writing Update
So, as I have mentioned, I suck at consistently writing. Partially, it has to do with my ADHD. I tend to want to hyper focus on one thing and then I spiral. If that one thing is writing? Great! I once bashed out 60,000 words over the course of two months. But if it’s not?…
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April Reading Round Up
This month I actually read a lot more than I had suspected I would. It was a month filled with deadlines and a new school semester and general hectic antics. It’s not quite the impressive list that it would have been if it was a book roundup composed by teenage me but, let’s face it,…
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Reading Round Up
This month I read a rather eclectic few books. I find since my childhood my reading has slowed down. I used to be able to devour a book. I still read fast, but starting a book always seems a chore. Apparently it’s an ADHD thing! Because as we get older were are less likely to…
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A sense of place …
Establishing a sense of place in writing is surely incredibly important. You want, ideally, to ground yourself and your readers in the world you have created. You want to establish a concrete reality and build onto it from there. I suck at it. I am aware of this problem in my writing. Trust me. I’ve…
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Cliche at Thirty
If you’re wondering what this place is, welcome, this is my attempt at holding myself accountable. What does that mean? Well, my name is Hannah and I’m a writer. Which sounds a lot like the start of some kind of meeting for addiction. It’s more like the opposite of that. I struggle to write sometimes.…
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