Wound Lickage

Despite the fact that my upside-down plan was to aim for 100 rejection letters, it's still hard when I actually get them. In the past two weeks I've had two. I suppose I should look on the positive side and see that I have sent two pieces of work out into the big wide world.… Continue reading Wound Lickage

Peace and Love

This week my head was too fried to be able to work on any creative writing, so I stepped away and worked on the other things in my life. I reworked a whole heap of my blog posts; fixed a couple of zips on two items of clothing I wear all the time; I potted… Continue reading Peace and Love

Healing my Inner Critic

As I was reading these graphic novels and books, I started to get really emotional. At the time I blamed the books. It thought it was the words and the subject matter, but on reflection I realised it was my inner critic taking advantage of me when I was feeling vulnerable.