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Shoot for the Moon – Why Romanticizing Failure Doesn’t Equal Success
“Most people fail in life not because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit.” – Les Brown I started thinking about this during a time when the #100rejections hashtag had really taken off among the writing community on Twitter. According to those who were taking part, you should…
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Write What You Don’t Know: A Writer’s Experience in India
The taxi jolted us headfirst into the bustle of New Delhi, the swell and billow of rainbow-coloured silks, sweet oils cracking through the smoky air and a shimmer of grey heat rising to meet the dusty sun. These were the sorts of things I’d only ever encountered between the comforting fug of book pages and…
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The Artist vs the Creative Block
I don’t think that writer’s block exists really. I think that when you’re trying to do something prematurely, it just won’t come. Certain subjects just need time, as I’ve learned over and over again. You’ve got to wait before you write about them. — Joyce Carol Oates We’ve all been there. That moment of blankly…
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How The First Book Really Feels
I haven’t posted in over a year, but I figured launching my first book is something worth noting down now, while it’s happening, because your first book publication will only ever happen once. I suppose people will expect me to gush here about the elation, the excitement, the surging rush of ecstasy at finally seeing…
Natalie Ann Holborow 