My Week at Busybird
Staring at a blank page, writing a blog about … anything? At first, I was expecting Busybird to be a normal publishing business, very formal, very bland. When I walked … Continued
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Stepping Into Genre Fiction
The past few years of my life have been spent knee-deep in a literature degree. Countless hours have been dedicated reading and studying literary fiction, from Wilde to Woolf to … Continued
Nerd vs Academic
If you are a reader, more often than not you are judged. Judged by society. Judged by those close to you. Judged by yourself. As a young reader discovering the … Continued
My 20-Year Writing Journey
As cliché as it sounds coming from a publishing intern, I have always loved reading and writing. My dad loves to say that I began to speak ‘too early’, but … Continued
My Work Experience
Books have been a large part of my life ever since I was a child. My mother used to read stories to me before I was old enough to comprehend … Continued
Sometimes the Wrong Path is the Right One
I spent four years of my life doing a PhD that I hated. Four years to accept that hating it meant it was the wrong path. Four years to abandon … Continued
Rediscovering My Passion
Books have always been the one passion I have stuck with since I was a little girl. It was rare to see me without a book in hand. I would … Continued
The Continuous Growth of My Imagination
I am forever in debt to a teacher who I neither enjoyed the presence of, nor her class. However, many years ago, she gave me an opportunity to strengthen my … Continued