By now most of you would have heard at least once why writing by hand is so important. There are the studies, the quote snippets and blog posts, even the online trends glorifying the return to the traditional in resistance to the relentless digitisation of the world. Whether it’s purely for the aesthetic or also for the benefits, it hardly matters as much as what we personally choose to do with it.
We adore its presence and dread its absence. We treat it like a mystical muse, or a slavish tool to master. In either case, it remains ever elusive, ever undefinable and near-impossible to permanently hold: Motivation.
Do you have a taste for the lush, the mysterious, and the genre-bending? Are you tickled at the thought of delicious character chemistry and amateur sleuthing with some hidden pasts thrown in?Interested in reading about a scientist FMC with a fascination for poisons and her streetwise brother?Would you fancy a jaunt into a whimsical, alternate… Continue reading It’s Beta Reader Season!
The powder snow billowed beneath them as they raced across the blinding white fields and forests, where sunlight shimmered on the pure coat of winter." - Blade of Wolves Every season feels different when you’re writing – it has its own mood, palette, and aspects unique to itself. From the hopeful days of spring to… Continue reading Writer’s Winter 🍷
Do you find it hard to develop and stick to habits in terms of your writing? No idea what kind of habits you could even cultivate? If so, read on and I shall blow your mind. (Probably not, but it’s worth a try.)
Writing can be many things: a journey, a portal into new worlds, a letter to those who might read it. A conversation, a process, a means to an end and an end in itself. It’s a means of education and enlightenment, and a way of connection and storytelling that lies at the foundation of all… Continue reading To Write
The Foxglove Scribe 