Category Archives: Writing
WIPMarathon Check-in No. 7
Where did August go? This month was crazy awesome – not only did I go to my first ever WorldCon in London where I met some fabulous authors and industry peeps, but I almost managed to get a fair bit … Continue reading
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Tagged #WIPmarathon, new adult, reading, science fiction, writing
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WIPmarathon Check-in No. 6
July has been an amazing writerly month. I stayed at home, safely behind my PC avoiding the summer swelter that finally found its way to Finland. I did attend FinnCon in my old university town, which was super awesome. Not … Continue reading
Going Back to High School…
Last week’s blog post was all about the in-person author event I did at Wits University with CtrlAltGender and Hay House South Africa. This week I want to talk about my other in-person author event, this time back at my … Continue reading
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Tagged author events, marketing, publicity, publishing, writing, young adult
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WIPmarathon Check-in No. 5
Where the heck did June go!? Granted I was travelling a lot, but it still felt like this first month of my summer holiday just evaporated. Given that I was Sweden for a week and then South Africa for almost two, … Continue reading
My visit to South Africa and all the awesome!
This time last week I was soaking up the mid-winter South African sunshine while it was snowing on mid-summer in Finland. Needless to say, I’m extremely grateful Jo’burg weather was so mild and that I got a slice of unexpected … Continue reading
#WIPmarathon check-in No. 4!
May has felt exceedingly long. It was the end of the school year for us and the involved grading a bunch of projects and putting together all the marks for around 100 students and getting those into various report formats. It … Continue reading
Plotting vs Pantsing – a new perspective
The past couple of weeks have been killer! It’s the end of the school year and I’ve had to not only mark final projects but also get all the final grading in (I’m still not done!), and fill out reports … Continue reading
A-Z Catch Up
This week got super busy and I got a little lazy, so I missed out on three letters in the A-Z Challenge. Sorry! Since Sundays are meant to be days off from the challenge, I thought this would be a … Continue reading
E is for Editing
For the past week, I have been embroiled in edits for I Heart Robot, my YA science fiction novel due for release from Month9Books in January 2015. So, I thought I’d share my editing process with you as well as … Continue reading
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Tagged A to Z Challenge, books, editing, science fiction, writing, YA
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B is for Bisexual
Bisexuality puts the ‘B’ in LGBT+ This gender identity means the person is attracted to both men and women. This is the sexual identity I ‘get’ the most since I firmly believe that love transcends gender and that our … Continue reading
Posted in LGBT, Reading, Writing
Tagged A-Z challenge, bisexual, books, LGBT, reading, writing
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