the next together – Page 4

Exploring my book’s location

Firstly, a special announcement: I’m starting a book club with some fellow authors Alice Oseman, Catherine Doyle, Louise O’Neill and Sara Barnard! Not just any old book club. A book club for our favourite books. The books that changed our lives. The books that made us. Each of us has picked the three books that are the most important toContinue reading “Exploring my book’s location”

Tumblr tag archive – The Next Together (part 2)

I got a book deal

[This post is imported from my old Livejournal account, where I blogged from 2007-2015.] So I keep meaning to write this entry, but I wanted to wait until it had sunk in a little more than just miscellaneous squealing, and somehow that delay turned into a month and I still haven’t even told you whatContinue reading “I got a book deal”

I got an agent

[This post is imported from my old Livejournal account, where I blogged from 2007-2015.] So in November 2010, I decided to do Nanowrimo!! It’s a great way to force yourself to do Writing without getting selfconscious about it, because there’s barely any time to reread it, let alone doubt its quality. So yeah I failed (IContinue reading “I got an agent”

We’re submitting my book to publishers

[This post is imported from my old Livejournal account, where I blogged from 2007-2015.] Why, hello, yes i AM still alive and well and able to type out blog entries in my spare time, so it’s a mystery why i haven’t updated in so long. Wait, no it’s not. I don’t have any spare timeContinue reading “We’re submitting my book to publishers”

Tumblr tag archive – The Next Together (part 1)

Everything is going a bit nuts over on Tumblr, and it’s made me think a bit more carefully about what I have on that site and what I would like to keep if it shut down. The main thing I have there is a history of each of my books in tags for each project,Continue reading “Tumblr tag archive – The Next Together (part 1)”

Blog post compilation from writing draft 1

[This post is imported from my old Livejournal account, where I blogged from 2007-2015. These are the posts I wrote about writing whilst I was drafting the first version of THE NEXT TOGETHER, then called THE RED EARTH ROLLS. In 2009 I was sixteen.] 4TH-FEB-2009 Brilliant news! I’ve come up with a storyline! I don’tContinue reading “Blog post compilation from writing draft 1”