have you ever finished a book and gone: 'well, what do i do now?' this week i am joined with the talented and passionate anna from @annasanthology on instagram to discuss her current writing journey...where she is about to finish her contemporary literary fiction novel - known to her audience as project.CIAK. we don't only talk about anna's near-to-be finished book and her experience writing it, but we also chat about her plans after - editing, publishing, marketing...and so much more. we also touch on the book market, writing a unique novel, and dreams outside of writing. hope you enjoy our discussions in this one - !

we are joined with the queen of dystopian stories and found family tropes - leigh from leigh_crescentbooks on instagram to discuss our book ideas! we chat all about what inspired us to create our beloved projects - what movies, books, tropes, songs and other iconic pop culture moments first sparked that idea💡💭˚₊

we also give some inspiration tips along the way, where leigh opens up about her own life and how her career dreams influence her stories and characters. so if you love the hunger games, star wars, the raven boys, six of crows, and other countless amazing fantasy x dystopian stories, you're in for a treat! ✨

✩‧₊ check out leigh's author website: https://leighcrescentbooks.wixsite.com/leigh-crescent-books

my fantasy, contemporary, romance and historical fiction novels have some of my favourite characters i've ever created. SOOO LETS TALK ABOUT THEM! i will be chatting in this week's episode about my 4 favourite book characters from my current WIPS! (including a couple characters i haven't talked about on the podcast!) so go ahead and enjoy my ramblings...

this week we have a special guest - Kelley Tai - to share her experiences with writing burnout. i feel like a lot of people are feeling quite demotivated and stressed this time of year so i thought it would be helpful to stop and chat about our struggles and hopefully relate to one another in our inevitable writing slumps. we also give 4 AMAZING writing tips to help u overcome burnout. watch the full episode now.

let's talk poetry.

i got an editor for project ghost - known as GHOSTCIDE, my debut book coming out next year. in this week's episode i share all about my editing process and experience. i have realized editing...is HARD. and i just needed to rant and share my thoughts on this! ghostcide coming soon!👻

i am publishing project.ghost. let's talk about it!! ahh!!

people are approaching nanowrimo differently this year...let's talk about it?! i will be sharing some tips, updates and even LESSONS i've learnt from participating in nanowrimo. let's discuss! ₊˚.✒️

ashley faye (@ashleyswritingcorner on instagram) will be joining me in this week's episode to chat about how to balance writing with school. we will be chatting habits, experiences and relating to the struggle of being a writer in a school setting. the stress, the homework, the deadlines, the lack of sleep...so, let's relax for a bit before finals and chat.

let's talk about 'plotting' vs. 'panstering' and why i think discovery writing is a lot more rewarding for writers and their projects. of course, if plotting is how your brain works - i don't mean to deter you! i just wanted to chat about the pros and cons of different approaches to writing and how i, personally, find discovering writing a lot more rewarding...