About Me
I'm Jodie, an Aussie book blogger, social butterfly, and lover of
international travel.
I read Adult and New Adult
romance for the most part. I update this blog sporadically, for a full list of what I'm reading, check out my GoodReads.Social Media
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Tag Archives: writing inspiration
Author Interview: Marieke Nijkamp
Title: This is Where it Ends Author: Marieke Nijkamp Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary Links: GoodReads | Marieke’s Website Blurb: 10:00 a.m. The principal of Opportunity, Alabama’s high school finishes her speech, welcoming the entire student body to a new semester … Continue reading
Writing Past the Honeymoon Phase
Do you guys ever get a sense that what you’re writing is the one? The one to get you an agent, the one to get you published? The one that gets you really excited because you know it’s going to … Continue reading
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Tagged aspiring author, author, books, creative writing, motivation, nanowrimo, reader, reading, writer help, Writing, writing advice, writing inspiration, writing journey
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Making the time to write…
As most of you know, I’m pretty dedicated to writing 1,000 words a day. I’m also committed to updating this blog every second day. It’s the routine that I’m in and I love routines. I’m very goal orientated and it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged author, motivation, multi tasking, novel, question, quotes, self publishing, time management, work, writer, Writing, writing advice, writing inspiration, young adult
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What is the most difficult thing about writing?
If you follow the agent Peter Knapp on Twitter, you’ll notice that every now and then he opens a special window for authors to submit their query / sample pages. If you submit on these days, he’ll write back with personalised … Continue reading
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Tagged aspiring author, author, book, books, goals, inspiration, manuscript, motivation, writer, Writing, writing advice, writing inspiration, young adult
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What are your blogging goals?
I finished reading The One by Kiera Cass last night, and as it often happens when I read a good book, I got really inspired and delved back into my own writing. Part of me just wants to write and … Continue reading
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Tagged aspiring author, author, blog, blogging, books, fantasy, goals, motivation, novel, question, reader, reading, Writing, writing inspiration
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How do you develop your writing ideas?
I am very visual. I’ve written two novels lately and both ideas stemmed from images. Sector12 stemmed from this image: And Isla + Morax stemmed from this one: From there I pull out my iPod, put on some dramatic, instrumental … Continue reading
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Tagged about me, developing ideas, plotting, Writing, writing inspiration
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Breaking all the Nanowrimo rules
I’ve started editing! Which I know is a big no-no in the Nanowrimo world because the whole point is to write 50,000 words and not think about editing. But for my own state of mind, I’ve started editing because I can’t stand … Continue reading
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Nanowrimo, Day #17
I fell behind a little in my Nanowrimo quest this week. But that’s okay! Because I have a full day ahead of me and I’m going to have a bit of a writing marathon. By the end of the day … Continue reading
Visual Inspiration – Mermaids
I can’t see myself ever writing a book about mermaids, but if I ever do, this image would inspire me. I like the darkness.
Writer Manifesto
I particularly like that ‘writers, write. So make time for it everyday’ – it’s something that I’ve been working on. Writing and/or editing a little each day. Just to get into that routine.
Words Read & Written 