Thoughts & fiction from a blonde writer
Welcome to The Diary of Roxy Collins – The Serious Relationship Series. Every Thursday you can read Roxy’s diary entries. They record the emotional highs and lows of her new serious relationship with Marcus, the man of her dreams. He lives on the posh side of town, drives a flash car and doesn’t mind her […]
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On those dark and gloomy days when it feels like the world has turned away from our work, we can always rely on our pets to make us smile again. Pets play an important role in the life of a writer. So, I have given some thought to the job description for a writer’s pet. Here […]
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The writer state of procrastinating is an interesting one and worthy of a blog post. When a writer wants to write they crawl away into their cave and are not seen for hours, days and sometimes even months. The only things they notice are typos, adverbs and their word count. When a writer is procrastinating they […]
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Before we all buckle up and head off on our 2017 writing journey, let’s agree on some useful stuff to pack. I don’t want us to get into our journey and discover we forgot some important items. We don’t have time for tears!
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This Writer Break can be time-consuming as there is so much to take in. Not only do you have the photo albums and Facebook (FB) posts of friends, family and distant acquaintances to have a good nose around, but you also have Writer FB Groups and other Author FB pages too. Yes this particular […]
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Welcome to my weekly series Author Interviews. Over recent months some inspirational and amazing writers have sat in my red chair. They have opened my eyes to the world of being a writer, filled my brain with useful tips and made me want to get a book out there. This week I am proud to […]
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Monday 10.56 a.m. It is hard being a successful author. The thing that people don’t understand about my profession is that it is not just about writing stuff. On Friday I had an emotional breakdown. I was so busy and everything got a bit too much for me. There was so much to do; post quotes […]
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Three mermaids swam to their usual rock meeting place, to discuss the highs and lows of mermaid life. Before they climbed onto their individual rocks they went through their usual greeting ritual which consisted of squealing, air kissing and hugging. Once this was over they set about getting themselves into position for their daily […]
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The Buzz. Everyone you know is talking about this form of social media – which you are currently not using. They are like ‘wow – its crazy on here!’ and ‘this is where the literary party is at – woo woo!’ You try to shake them off by saying ‘I have enough forms of social media […]
Read MoreBuild Up. There can be a nervous build up to getting a new hairstyle. When I say a new hairstyle , I am not referring to those hair salon visits where you let out the standard female whimper can you just trim my ends?” I am talking hair redesign. Your mind will be full of questions like “am […]
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