Book Review: The Picture Book by Jo Baker
The Picture Book follows four generations of a British family and spans close to one hundred years.
First draft finished: it's just the beginning
I have finished my first draft! It’s taken ten months of research, planning, writing, self-doubt, re-writing, crying, editing, and more self
A time for reflection
Each event forced me to be in the moment, to stop seeking validation from others, and accept things as they are. And in that acceptance, I d
The festival of families
Families. They unite us and they tear us apart. My first novel is one of a trilogy covering four generations of familial shenanigans.
The long and the short of it
This week I decided to take a shortcut. Or rather, I decided to stop working on my first novel – temporarily – and enter a short story conte