FOOL to think the winter was over! Sitting here today, I’ve seen sunshine, rain, hail, thunder and lightening while I work – talk about four seasons in a day, I think it was four seasons in an hour! There’s not been much going on this month. I’m waiting for final edits from my agent toContinueContinue reading “APRIL: FOOL”
Category Archives: Winning
Would you Adam and Eve it? I’m the CWIP Prize 2020 Unpublished winner!
It’s been a funny old year. Funny haha? Absolutely not. And I reckon everyone could do with a bit of a giggle right about now, because really, otherwise we’ll all go completely cuckoo. Cue Helen Lederer and team CWIP, who have been on hand almost the whole of lockdown, championing female comedy writing and gettingContinueContinue reading “Would you Adam and Eve it? I’m the CWIP Prize 2020 Unpublished winner!”
Shortlisted! #CWIP
It’s been a whirlwind of a day. I’ve lurched from the challenging and not entirely voluntary world of homeschooling a Year 5 to luxuriating in the PR frenzy that accompanied today’s amazing news that I’d reached the shortlist for the Comedy Women in Print Prize! I’m so amazed to be here and can’t quite believeContinueContinue reading “Shortlisted! #CWIP”
Comedy Women in Print
More on this when my feet touch the ground again… but my novel is longlisted for the 2020 Comedy Women in Print Prize and I’m so excited! All (and I mean ALL) those hours, edits, angsty hair-tearing moments are adding up to finally getting some traction and with some super company too. I have toContinueContinue reading “Comedy Women in Print”
A New Chapter
I don’t normally make resolutions but I’ll admit, 2019 has not been a prolific year and it might be time to start thinking about putting one or two out there. I look back with a certain amount of shame at the lack of new writing I’ve produced this year. I’ve been preoccupied, that’s true: InContinueContinue reading “A New Chapter”
Sliding Doors
Fuck, fuck fuckitty fuck. I have just made a decision that could be the best or worst thing to ever happen to my writing career. Yes, people: I turned down an agent’s offer to represent. I know. WHAT THE HELL AM I THINKING? As a first time author, it’s safe to assume I don’t knowContinueContinue reading “Sliding Doors”
The one about winning.
Last month, I wrote about failure at some length on my business blog. I’m a big fan of failure. HUGE fan. I’ve done a lot of improv comedy in the past five years and it’s not something you can enjoy or get good at without accepting that you’re going to have some unfeasibly bad moments,ContinueContinue reading “The one about winning.”