I second everything you’ve said here! I coach for the LWS and find the difference between our UK and US based creatives so interesting when it comes to championing our own work and efforts. The Brits can talk themselves out of it very easily! Seeing wonderful writers supported and cheered on by the group is one of the best things and feeds back into how I see my own work too. Love seeing you pop up on writer’s hour, Daisy!
Thank you so much, that’s so interesting and insightful! I’ve just finished novel number four and I am SO proud of it - it comes out in July, so I’m about to board the marketing and publicity train, and I’m thinking ‘You know what? I’m not going to be all coy and British and awkward about this! I LOVE MY BOOK!’
The metaphor of the novel as a house is wonderful ... I think I'm standing in front of my shell of a house now, with grand visions of the interiors but no idea how to pick out the precise fittings and wall colours! Brick by brick might be the phrase that allows me to keep going.
I also love the idea of a 'baggy' creative routine. What I've learnt recently is that I just need to keep the momentum ... the writing triggers the thinking which triggers the writing. Thank you!
I second everything you’ve said here! I coach for the LWS and find the difference between our UK and US based creatives so interesting when it comes to championing our own work and efforts. The Brits can talk themselves out of it very easily! Seeing wonderful writers supported and cheered on by the group is one of the best things and feeds back into how I see my own work too. Love seeing you pop up on writer’s hour, Daisy!
Thank you so much, that’s so interesting and insightful! I’ve just finished novel number four and I am SO proud of it - it comes out in July, so I’m about to board the marketing and publicity train, and I’m thinking ‘You know what? I’m not going to be all coy and British and awkward about this! I LOVE MY BOOK!’
The metaphor of the novel as a house is wonderful ... I think I'm standing in front of my shell of a house now, with grand visions of the interiors but no idea how to pick out the precise fittings and wall colours! Brick by brick might be the phrase that allows me to keep going.
I also love the idea of a 'baggy' creative routine. What I've learnt recently is that I just need to keep the momentum ... the writing triggers the thinking which triggers the writing. Thank you!