Lucy Mitchell – romance author – book blogger
On this blog I like to record tales from my book writing journey. Hopefully a few of my readers will relate to my experiences. Today I am going to tell you about how my approach to makeup changed while writing my debut novel; Instructions For Falling In Love Again. Makeup became my secret weapon while […]
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Writing and publishing my debut novel has been an unforgettable experience. As I look back at my four-year book journey I can’t help but notice the reoccuring process of creation, destruction and resurrection. I have spent four years doing just this; creating my draft manuscript, destroying my draft manuscript and resurrecting my draft manuscript. Now […]
Read MoreThis can be a tough one to accept. If you are a creative person there will always be people in your life who will never: Understand why you spend hours, days, months, years working on the same story. Understand why you read so many books a week. Share your creative enthusiasm for your creative projects. Understand […]
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Welcome to my writing life diary. Last week I listened to some fabulous writing podcasts and each one made me squeal. I knew I had to share them with you.
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Have you ever experienced writing a story that gives you more than just an interesting tale and a collection of fictional people? Let me explain. Last week, in my blog post titled, The Story Which Wants To Show You Other Things, I spoke about how, whilst working on a draft of a story, I had […]
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You’re busy writing your draft romance novel. Things were going well…until you started getting a nagging thought; there is something very familiar about your new fictional character. You can’t put your finger on it. Why does it feel like you have met them before in another life? The hairs on your neck stand upright and […]
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This post is a bit weird. Hang in there, reader. I am hoping this writer stage, which I am labelling as the ‘bird cage‘ stage is common. I have four draft books, possibly five. I also have a collection of short stories. This year I have worked so hard on writing, fine tuning and rewriting all […]
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You have an amazing new idea for a book. It wakes you up in the small hours. Your excitement bubbles over. You frantically haul yourself up into a sitting position, gulp down a glass of water and start to tell your unconscious loved one all about your idea, speaking very fast and not taking a […]
Read MoreOne of the many things I love about social media is accidentally stumbling across an inspirational creative person. This normally occurs when you are feeling a little blue or feeling a bit down. The universe nudges you in the direction of this special person because it feels you could benefit from some of this person’s […]
Read MoreComing up with ideas for blog posts can be challenging at the best of times. Some days you will have ideas for blog posts gushing out of you and there will be those creative low days when, still pyjama clad at lunchtime, you will be wearing a facial expression similar to a bulldog chewing a […]
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