Emilie Turner Author
NaNoWriMo Badge And it's done and dusted for another year! 50,000 words of my novel has been completed and now my novel is done and is ready for editing! It was seriously a stressful month and I spent so much time writing and scraping my brain for ideas and pushing myself to keep writing. It… Continue reading NaNoWriMo is Over For Another Year
NaNoWriMo Badge National November Writing Month is well and truly underway! It's quite an intense time of year for us writers but it's definitely a fun one to go through. At the end of November, aspiring authors are hoping to have a 50,000 novel to walk away with or at least the beginnings of a… Continue reading NaNoWriMo Progress and How I Stay on Track
Nanowrimo.org I absolutely love this time of year! We're heading into summer in Australia which means shorts and dresses are coming back out. It's almost socially acceptable to start playing Christmas carols again AND it's almost time for NaNoWriMo! Now, if you've never heard of NaNoWriMo, never fear, your girl is here! NaNoWriMo stands for… Continue reading Preparing for NaNoWriMo
I've been absent for a while on my blog, I do apologise! I've had some personal issues to address that have disrupted my carefully paid blogging plans so I haven't been able to write or post anything. This blog I wanted to change it up briefly. It's October 10th, which is also known as: That's… Continue reading Mental Health Awareness
It’s difficult to focus on writing while you’re on a holiday. All you want to do is have fun, live in the moment and not do anything except eat food, go places and sleep. I have quite the absent memory so if I want to incorporate things I do or see into my writing, I… Continue reading Advice on writing while overseas
There is something truly amazing about being overseas and seeing new places and new scenery. It really is awe-inspiring to see so much history and so many beautiful places. Japan is an amazing place for both history and beautiful scenery. The places I saw and experienced help to make my mind whirl and create new inspiration… Continue reading Overseas Artistic Inspiration
I find travelling helps expand my mind so much. I learn so many new things and enter a world of different cultures, food and language. It helps me to really learn what other places are like and incorporate those differences into my novels. For example, my main character is half-Japanese. Her father was a Japanese… Continue reading Inspiration while overseas
Since I have literally just stepped off a plane about 2 hours ago, I thought this would be a useful blog to write. I wrote it will on the plane home from an amazing trip to Japan - I needed something to do in the flight, so writing a blog post seemed as good as… Continue reading Making the Most of Writing on a Plane
An oldy but a goodie! Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers was a book I read in my early high school days, around 2007 (it was published 1991). Fast forward 12 years and I decided to pick up the beauty again and read it in a new light, as an adult. This novel is a beautiful… Continue reading Review Time: Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND I find that many of my ideas come out of real life. Not all my ideas do – I do dream some amazing things and inspiration often hits me at inopportune times (like when I’m driving or in the middle of a Church service). Most,… Continue reading Using Experiences for Inspiration
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