Don’t shrink from telling your stories
May 21, 2020My first ‘success’ in writing came in year 12 English when I submitted a short story and received an A+. I was shocked and embarrassed when the teacher handed it back to me with the red mark at the top right of the page. My older self knows the story was about forgiveness and trying to make sense of the world, but I really didn’t expect anyone else would think much of the story. Even with this small success, it felt excruciating to bare myself to anyone – there’s so much angst at 17. That year of English study was…
The Journey to Self-publish
In the past ten years, we have helped about 500 people self-publish. It is such a delicious part of what we do because we are walking alongside somebody while they bring a story to life. I tell people that the…
12 mistakes writers make when writing about their life
I come across people every day who are wanting to write about their life but get stuck because they don’t have any clues about how to do it. Because of this, they often become overwhelmed and give up the project.…