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PitMad Update

Melancholy Mummy Posted on January 4, 2021 by MelancholyMummyJanuary 2, 2021

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 →

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PitMad

Melancholy Mummy Posted on December 15, 2020 by MelancholyMummyDecember 17, 2020

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 →

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Current WIPs

Melancholy Mummy Posted on November 15, 2020 by MelancholyMummyJanuary 2, 2021

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 →

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NaNo Boot Camp: Result

Melancholy Mummy Posted on October 2, 2020 by MelancholyMummyOctober 2, 2020

So, the two weeks of my writing group’s little NaNo Boot Camp have finished, and well… I think we can safely say that I’m not quite ready for NaNo in November! I didn’t manage to write 21,000 words in two … Continue reading →

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NaNo Boot Camp: Week 1

Melancholy Mummy Posted on September 24, 2020 by MelancholyMummySeptember 24, 2020

My first week of our two-week NaNo Boot Camp went better than expected! I hit my targets and after seven days I was right on track for the 21k end goal. Then the tiny tyrant decided that bedtime was a … Continue reading →

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