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Whether you’re looking for tips on poetry, the publishing journey, or overcoming writer’s block, you’ll find inspiration and guidance in each post. Join me as I navigate the world of books and creativity!

  • How Writing a Book Changed How I Viewed Success

    The most common question I get asked when people find out I’m a published author is, “So, how many books have you sold?” It’s a question I’ve always felt a little weird about—and to understand why, we’ve got to go back in time a bit. During one English class when I was in secondary school,…

  • Why I Write Poetry (Even When No One’s Reading)

    The Aftermath of Publishing It would be easy to assume I stopped writing poetry after I published my book seeing as since that day I haven’t shared a single new poem with the world.  Whilst I was in the process of writing my book I felt like every second of creative energy had to go…

  • I’m a writer, I don’t want to be an influencer

    It’s no secret that I’m rubbish at promoting my book, I don’t have dedicated social media accounts for my online presence as an author (beyond a half dead TikTok account) and the extent of my author platform is this blog where I’ve only posted twice so far for all of 2025. I think we can…

  • I’m an author but TikTok made me fall out of love with writing. 

    My TikTok feed is a mess and by mess I don’t mean it’s negative or showing upsetting content, what I mean is it’s full of crap. AI generated reddit videos, 5 min hack videos and clips from TV shows I’ll never watch and have no interest in watching. There’s no substance to it and there…

  • From Blogger to Published Author

    When I started this blog in 2016 my long term goal was to study Creative and Professional Writing at University and one day publish a book. I’ve known since I was six years old that I wanted to write a book on day, but I honestly never thought I’d get there. I mainly started this…

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