“A Life of One’s Own” is part memoir by Joanna Biggs, recounting her starting over after her divorce, and part biographical exploration of the path to independence and intellectual freedom carved by nine famous women writers who also began again (notably Mary Wollstonecraft, George Eliot, Zora Neale Hurston, Virginia Woolf, Simone de Beauvoir, Sylvia Plath, Toni Morrison, and Elena Ferrante).
Books That Made Me Want to Keep Writing (Top 10 Books of 2024)
Every year, my criteria for my favourite books of the year changes. In 2024, after coming out of a long writing drought, I’ve realized that the books that left a long-lasting impression on me were the ones that made say, “Wow! I want to write like that!” or “Wow! I want to live that way!”
What is Autofiction? (5 Autofiction Novels To Read)
In the last few years, but especially in the last two decades, autofiction has garnered much attention and criticism. Some people absolutely love the style and others completely loathe it.
Love it or hate it, it’s a practice many authors engage in when they first begin to write, and return to, once they master their writing.
Book Review: No Plot? No Problem! by Chris Baty
If you’re an aspiring writer (or even have an interest in writing), you will greatly benefit from reading “No Plot? No Problem!” by Chris Baty! It’s A Low-stress, High-velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days.
5 Benefits of Journaling for Your Mental Health
In this post, I walk you through the 5 main benefits of journaling for your mental health. If you want to know how to journal using 3 separate methods; you can read my other blog post here.
At the end of the post, I also list some of the thematic and regular journals that can help you get started.
How to Win NaNoWriMo and Write 50 000 Words in 30 Days
In the following post, I explain what NaNoWriMo is and how it started. I also explain how you can win NaNoWriMo and therefore how to write a novel of 50 000 words in 30 days.
In the following post, I explain what NaNoWriMo is and how it started. I also explain how you can win NaNoWriMo and therefore how to write a novel of 50 000 words in 30 days.
However, this is the first blog post out of two. You can read both posts or you can skip to the second post in which I give you my top 10 tips on how to write a novel in 30 days. To read the second post click here.
