Like many authors, I started young. Very young, given I was an extremely precocious kid. I was around 8 years old when I declared I was going to be a writer, after devouring an entire collection of Coleridge’s poems. That same afternoon, I wrote my first poem. For comparison, I actually decided two years earlier … Continue reading Lyceum Notes: My (Difficult) Relationship with Writing/Craft Books
Hello! After a four year silence I finally have a work eligible for awards so of course I had to shriek about it, particularly since it’s my debut novel on which I have been working on (off and on, given life emergencies and a fulltime academic job!) for twenty years*! Watermyth was published on 7 … Continue reading ALARUMS: Awards Eligibility Post for Watermyth
Hello, Here’s some information on how to purchase Watermyth. Some of the vendors are on the Books2Read portal but not all of them are listed. A memory-wiped mermaid-siren rehearsing for her storyteller exams tries to piece together events from the past, present and future while around her wars between merkingdoms are fomenting. 🧜♀️ 🧜♂️ 🧜 … Continue reading Places to Purchase Watermyth (ebook)
I’ve been a plotter, I’ve been a pantser. But at the end of the day I realise I am just a plantser and would like to reject binaries. All stories are different. The way you write each one is different. Sometimes the planning comes first. Sometimes the impulse comes first, like an earworm or an … Continue reading Lyceum Notes: On Being a Plantser
I return to my planned series of posts about creative writing based on my experience as an editor, writer and creative writing educator for over a decade. I’m no longer teaching creative writing because of the programme restructuring over at my Centre; I teach literature, literacy, and popular culture courses for MA and PhD students … Continue reading Lyceum Notes: Seeking the Balance as a Creative Writing Educator