PitMad Update
I realised I forgot to write an update on how things went with my query after PitMad. After sending my query to the literary agent, I got a response within a few hours for the full manuscript! I still can’t … Continue reading →
MelancholyMummy
Mum of a tiny tyrant. Dog owner. Cat slave. Writer of stories.
Happy New Year
It’s a new dawn. It’s a new day. It’s a new year. Will 2021 be better than 2020? I sincerely hope so, but I have my doubts. Here in England, we’re in something very akin to lockdown (again) as our … Continue reading →
A Different Kind of Christmas
I don’t think Christmas 2020 was the way any of us had expected or planned. We were supposed to be in Sweden, celebrating with my family. Instead, we’re in not quite lockdown, but not quite normal life either. Indoor gatherings … Continue reading →
A Whinge
I don’t know if it’s the light depression from the pandemic and lack of seeing other people and missing my family or just a bad time for my CFS… but I’m so tired lately. I’m having a hard time doing … Continue reading →
Holiday Feels
I thought I’d bring some holiday feeling to my books on Wattpad, so I changed their covers for the season. What do you think?
Continue reading →PitMad
There’s a quarterly event on Twitter called PitMad, where hopeful writers such as myself can throw their book pitches out into the void in the hopes of catching a like. Basically, some agents and sometimes publishers will look through the … Continue reading →
The Owl Sticker
The tiny tyrant was given some stickers by her nonna recently. Apparently, she had stashed a couple somewhere in the flat without me realising, and one morning came running up to me: “Mummy! Owl in my nose!!” I look inside … Continue reading →
Current WIPs
I have a few works in progress currently, with a plan of releasing the first few of a series of shorter novels next year. I’m hoping that it will spur me on to keep writing. To get there, I still … Continue reading →
Lockdown 2.0
As of yesterday, Thursday 5 November, England is in lockdown again due to rising numbers of the Coronavirus. I’m kicking myself for not taking the chance to visit my family in Sweden in August when the cases were relatively low. … Continue reading →
The Worst Mum Ever
I suffer from chronic fatigue (CFS) and fibromyalgia and have for quite a few years now. In that time I’ve had to learn my new limits and to try not to compare myself to others who don’t have these issues. … Continue reading →