Fab book! A mother-daughter relationship, both fraught & tender. Carmel carries trauma & love, but wildly grips her independence. Nell, 22, sharp as scissors, confused angry & funny & exhausted by the shittiness of life. Line by line beauty, wisdom, stylistic risk & mastery of voice. Brilliant
Yes, that's my feeling too - but wonder if that 'at some point' is what many of us are thinking - which is actually prolonging & exacerbating the split - to the extent we're all going to be indefinitely toggling between one and the other. Who knows! Thanks for sharing your experience :)
Good luck, Anna - I think breaks from SM are a good idea. Whenever I step away, I'm often much more focused on creative projects. Cuts down on the outside noise. I wish you well :)
Honestly, I've found the proliferation of SM sites hard to manage - one was time-consuming enough. Are those of you with multiple accounts posting the same thing on each site? Which are you finding has the most engagement / most enjoyable?
out to build up my energy levels to tackle the task. Wonder if anyone else feels like this? Seems like one of those things that's not necessarily discussed that much - the sort of emotional marathon that comes with draft after draft. And then there's the endless question: is it any good?
One of the hardest bits about writing a book is when you get an idea that demands a significant rewrite - the sheer amount of work that can entail - as well as the casting an cutting off hours and hours of former labour - is genuinely emotionally exhausting. Often I have to take a bit of time
I have felt this a lot in recent years. I usually have to take 2-3 days off writing fiction if something particularly unpleasant has / is happening. The imaginary often feels trivial in the face of the real.
Happy Bookshop Day to everyone & a huge thanks to all the booksellers who make High Streets and other nooks & crannies of the world a place of calm and discovery. Picked these 3 books up from my local bookshop Clapham Books today. One is a birthday gift, the other two... well...
A personal message from Taylor Swift regarding the countdown to the SmokeLong Grand Micro Competition. 32 days to go. Maybe this is your day. $1,500 grand prize/$500 2nd/$300 3rd/$100 finalists. Fiction/CNF/translations/previously published welcome. www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...
