Fear
I always say that I’m only scared of two things; doctors and dentists. For a person who spends a lot of time in the world of sci fi,...
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nataliejep
Sep 82 min read
Passing Judgement
I was recently asked to be a judge for a short story competition. Despite my full-blown imposter syndrome, I accepted the invitation as...
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nataliejep
Jun 112 min read
New words at last!
I don’t like being afraid of things. I’m that idiot who goes outside to investigate the weird noise in the middle of the night, or looks...
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nataliejep
Jun 12 min read
The Universe is Busy
I definitely owe Doug a coffee. Instead of joining my pity party about no-one reading my writing, Doug pointed out the bleedingly...
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nataliejep
May 192 min read
Are any words better than none?
I haven’t worked on my short story for just over two months. It is sitting at 2,222 words exactly. The numbers-weirdo in me likes that...
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nataliejep
Apr 142 min read
Doing Something Different
Every now and then Einstein's definition of insanity wafts through my brain in a pungent reminder that this Groundhog Day of my life is...
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nataliejep
Mar 172 min read
Two steps forward, one step back
It has never taken me so long to write a short story as the one I’m writing now. I know the storyline, and so far it is doing everything...
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nataliejep
Feb 251 min read
Acceptance!
There’s a great trick for blocked writers; if new words don’t come, edit some old ones. I took that advice recently and dusted off an old...
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nataliejep
Feb 112 min read
Plantsing
There are three types of writers; planners, pantsers, and plantsers. Planners (unsurprisingly) plan their stories before they write them,...
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nataliejep
Feb 51 min read
Rejection
I got a nice rejection today. I’m going to paraphrase, but it went something like this… Hi Natalie, thanks for considering [magazine...
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nataliejep
Jan 311 min read
Ends and Beginnings
I wrote a weekly blog for over ten years. It was full of writing tips and the occasional funny medical story (I've had some weird issues...
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