What I’ve Been Up To

Hello! Sorry it has been such a long time since I last posted. I have the best excuse… I’ve been busy writing. (Nothing I can tell you about yet) but it feels good to get back into my writing groove. Reading- wise, I finished Jessie Burton’s The Miniaturist which completely captivated me. I couldn’t put it down, in a way that I haven’t experienced since I was a teenager. I seem to be getting into mysteries, thrillers, anything that will leave me on the edge of my seat. If anybody has any recommendations, please send them my way. I was also lucky to receive an ARC of Stephanie Burgis’s beautiful novella Moontangled. Oh, I fell in love with this sweet, adventurous and frustratingly miscommunicating couple. Caroline and Juliana have been through so much and Burgis made me want an entire series just for those two alone. She has a way of writing her characters with such warmth and heart I feel as if I have drunk the best cup of literary hot chocolate. I did have a reading target but, I just want to enjoy each book at my own pace and in between episodes of Grace and Frankie. I have resolved this year that I am just going to write what I love and see where it takes me. I used to be worried about rejection but it’s alright many of them have even helped me improve my writing. So, I’m just going to go with it, one project, a book and a handy supply of chocolate at a time. I have ideas, some may come to fruition and others might not, but I’ll enjoy trying. I want to have my work read one day, to have somebody enjoy a character I wrote. It might take me a while but one day I’ll get there. Here’s to dreams, to 2020 and here’s to you all. I promise I won’t leave it so long next time. Love Emma. XXX