As a writer, one of the questions I get asked often is this: “How does someone become a writer?” And it feels like a loaded question, although it really isn’t. The answer is quite simple. To become a writer, one must simply… Wait for it… Write. That’s it. That’s all someone needs to do to…
I’ll admit that I’ve been having trouble making myself sit down and write every day recently. I’ve got a really cool book that I’m working on, but the actual writing just wasn’t happening. I usually do well when I’m writing with NaNoWriMo, though, because there’s accountability. So I decided to look around for a piece…
It looks like I’m getting better at keeping this blog updated, and I am trying. Today, I want to talk about something that I’m sure I’ve mentioned previously, probably a lot: the importance of reviews, particularly to authors like me, although I’m sure they’re also still important even to authors like Neil Gaiman. First, for an…
Anyone who’s approached me and asked me about writing usually results in me saying that the most important rule in writing is the simplest: 1. Write. That’s taken from Neil Gaiman’s rules of writing, which I have on a poster and hung above my main writing nook in my house. This is probably the best…
Today I had tickets for the Dublin hop-on hop-off bus tour. I wasn’t sure I would like it, but it was very convenient and the buses run so regularly that I never had to wait for one. I ended up making two loops around the city because I was told to go to Kilmainhaim Gaol…
In case you missed my announcement yesterday, I have an article published in Two Clones Magazine #1. This new digital magazine covers all kinds of wonderfully geeky topics, and I was asked to write about my adventures as a fangirl and sexism. So I did! You can buy a copy of the magazine here. The…