Previously: April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December I can’t believe it’s February already, and I’ve been making these posts for almost a year! I’m proud of myself for keeping up with it. I still really enjoy collecting tidbits for them, so I’m going to carry on. January was a month of lotsContinue reading “Things I liked in January | Captive Prince | X Ambassadors | The Rec Center”
Author Archives: Wren James
🎉 Branford Boase Award nomination! 🎉
Exciting news today – my editor Annalie Grainger and I have been longlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2016! It’s such an unbelievably cool honour, and I can absolutely confirm that Annalie deserves it for the hard work she put into The Next Together with me. Annalie is nominated not only as an editor, but anContinue reading “🎉 Branford Boase Award nomination! 🎉”
Write about zombie cats & other writing tips
Over the last few months I’ve done a lot of events, and I always get asked for my top writing tips. I don’t really believe in “writing” tips, because as long as a story is compelling, you can break any rule and it’ll work (there is nothing wrong with adverbs, for example). Most of theContinue reading “Write about zombie cats & other writing tips”
US Book Deal announced!
THE NEWS IS OUT! The Next Together is being pub’ed in the US by Sky Pony Press, edited by Alison Weiss! I’m absolutely thrilled to bits. I’ve been keeping this a secret since MAY so I’m going to be talking about it a lot now that I finally can! I’m really excited to work with the wonderful Alison andContinue reading “US Book Deal announced!”
Things I liked in December | And then there were none | Oscar Isaac | Podcasts
Previously: April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November It’s mid-January! I’m very late with this post! Let’s get on with it! Podcast – Fiction Addiction My friend Sarah records this, and it’s really thoughtful and broad, and I’m very into it. Recently, she and her co-host have discussed Jessica Jones, Code Name Verity,Continue reading “Things I liked in December | And then there were none | Oscar Isaac | Podcasts”
A collection of AUs
A while ago I did a load of short sentences about Kate and Matt for a tumblr meme based on short prompts people sent me. As most of them turned into little stories, I thought I’d post them here too. Warning: don’t take these too seriously. At all. Prompt: one of the pairing is a spoiled,Continue reading “A collection of AUs”
The 2015 WordPress.com Year In Review!
Originally posted on WordPress.com News:
Here’s an incredible fact: together, you published more than 660 million posts on WordPress.com in 2015, and made more than 655 million comments. That’s a whole lot of joy, laughter, tears, insight, and thoughtfulness. And it’s just one part of a huge global community of people — WordPress now powers more than 25%…
Taking Stock of 2015
The end of my debut year is here! It’s been an incredible twelve months: I’ve made tons of new friends, gone to amazing events all over the country, and got to know some incredible writers. So here’s some of the amazing things I’ve done over the last year. The Good: Writing I wrote a newContinue reading “Taking Stock of 2015”
My favourite Christmas books
The tree is up, the advent calendar chocolates are nearly all eaten, and the mulled wine has been drunk – it’s nearly Christmas! Here are some of my favourite YA books with Christmas scenes, to help you feel festive. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis When Peter, Susan, Edmund and LucyContinue reading “My favourite Christmas books”
What Time Period From The Next Together Should You Really Live In?
It’s here! I’ve been dying to share this with you for ages now. Find out what storyline you’d live in The Next Together by doing the Buzzfeed quiz here. And my result:
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