Previously: April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November |December | January I can’t believe it’s Maaaarch! Where did time go? The most important thing in the universe happened in February, and I PASSED MY DRIVING TEST (finally) (third time lucky). Hurray for transportational freedom! TV Show – Broad City It’s back!! Ilana and Abbi areContinue reading “Things I enjoyed in February | Broad City | Curtis Sittenfeld | Hamilton”
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Mining the depths of the internet
Inspired by Lucy Powrie’s video on Internet books, I thought I’d talk about books featuring the internet too. For me personally, books about internet culture are something I want so much and am never satisfied by. I am 23, and I can’t remember a time without the internet. I’m sure there probably was a timeContinue reading “Mining the depths of the internet”
Things I liked in January | Captive Prince | X Ambassadors | The Rec Center
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”
🎉 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!
I’m honoured to be part of the WordPress 2015 Year In Review, in truly excellent company. Thank you, WordPress!
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”
Wren James 