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I've been shouting it from the rooftops, so it's possible everybody already knows that my debut YA novel, Making Friends with Alice Dyson, is due to be released in March 2019.

Behind the scenes a lot has been going into the making of this novel, from rough manuscript to, very soon, actual published book! The whole thing has been such a strange but amazing experience.

TodayÌýI am SUPER pleased to share that my book is now up on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ, so if you feel like it you can add it to your...

Welcome to Episode 7 of this blog series:

YA Authors in Conversation!

I am so pleased to be hosting YA author Martin Stewart, all the way from Scotland, for a really interesting chat about his latest novel, the excellent horror The Sacrifice Box, and his debut Riverkeep, his writing approach, inspirations and the new bookish podcast he's launched.

I hope you enjoy reading Martin's interesting answers as much as I did!

READ ON...
Martin Stewart Interview:
Questions asked by Popp...

Welcome to Episode 7 of this blog series:


YA Authors in Conversation!

I am so pleased to be hosting YA author Martin Stewart, all the way from Scotland, for a really interesting chat about his latest novel, the excellent horror The Sacrifice Box, and his debut Riverkeep, his writing approach, inspirations and the new bookish podcast he's launched.

I hope you enjoy reading Martin's interesting answers as much as I did!

READ ON...
Martin Stewart Interview:
Questions asked by Popp...

Well, sign it obviously.
Except nothing is ever quite as straightforward as that.
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My very first thoughts after being offered a contract wasÌýmfmfmghuiewhieuwfjghb!!!!!

I was pretty excited.

And basically couldn’t hold a normal conversation with the nice people at Wakefield Press who were offering me a contract. (I spent a lot of that meeting with my head on their desk sort of freaking out happily. They are super nice so didn’t judge me.)
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My second thought after receiving that contra...

Whoah, that was a big month!
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Lot’s of things happened to me in terms of my writing journey.
What were they?
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Let me try and remember.... WRITING LIFE:
First thing that happened this month, was I finished the manuscript I’ve been working on for the last couple months. And I’m excited about it! I’m so pleased it’s all worked out, because to be honest, for the first half of this manuscript I STRUGGLED (you can read about my struggles

Tulips.
Bloc Party.

Were you unawares?
Did it catch you out?
Or did it break you in
Right from the start?

It's as pure as fire
It's as pure as snow
I knew that I'd found you

BLURB - Taken from Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ:

A healer who cannot be healed . . .
When Zivah falls prey to the deadly rose plague, she knows it’s only a matter of time before she fully succumbs. Now she’s destined to live her last days in isolation, cut off from her people and unable to practice her art—until a threat to her village creates a need that only she can fill.

A soldier shattered by war . . .
Broken by torture at the hands of the Amparan Empire, Dineas thirsts for revenge against his capt...

Welcome to Episode 6 of this blog series:


YA Authors in Conversation!




I am very excited to be hosting C.G Drews as my YA author interview this month.
She is the author of the wonderfulÌýÌýA Thousand Perfect Notes, and her 2019 followup is called The Boy Who Steals Houses.


Read on for our chat! :)



C.G Drews Interview:
Questions asked by Poppy Nwosu.

Your #LoveOzYA debut novel,ÌýA Thousand Perfect Notes, is a beautiful and quiet story that deals with music, abuse, friendship and fami...

I am lucky enough to have my very own debut #LoveOzYA novel (heart eyes) coming out in March 2019, which is a YA contemporary high school love story called: Making Friends with Alice Dyson.
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I thought it might be kind of interesting to honestly chronicle the experience of being a debut YA author on the traditional publishing route, and to peel back the curtain a little for anyone who might like to know more about this journey (or is going through something similar). I know there i...

Hello!



Welcome to my monthly update and writerly rant about stuff and books and writing stuff to go inside books.
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I hope you enjoy it!

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WRITING LIFE:

This month I worked hard on some teacher notes for my upcoming debut YA novel (March 2019) Making Friends with Alice Dyson .
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So what are Teacher Notes?

Well, that was what I said too!!
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My version of the teacher notes was a bit of a massive brain dump, and I think they will probably get an edit and be changed around by my publis...