Emilie Turner Author
September is going to be huge! There's a lot to do during this month and it will be borderline chaos! My sister is getting married, assessments are due and my little boy turns 1! Things are definitely chaotic. I'm still entering some short story competitions here and there (I was gifted a free membership for… Continue reading Prepping For A Big Month
Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.Anne Lamott It's often hard to take time out of our busy days just for ourselves. I often find myself doing so many things throughout the day that I don't take any time to sit down and relax. I feel unproductive… Continue reading Finding Time For Self-Care
And the chaos resumes! I knew 2022 was going to be intense from the moment I brought my son into this world. I still have 2 years left of my degree (since I dropped to part-time) and I really want to push through and finish my studies! It’s already a tough juggling act and University… Continue reading Writing With Other Priorities: University and Family
He wasn’t coming back. I knew he wasn’t, but I wanted him too. I was desperate for him tocome back, back to my arms, back to me… My love was gone, pulled away from me. He had been conscripted to go fight in the war;there was no way out of it. He was yanked out… Continue reading Gone: A Short Story
Editing your own novel is not easy. It does take a ton of dedication and resilience to successful edit your own novel and have it ready for publication. I’ve put together a list of the top 10 tips to successfully edit your novel and not let it drive you into insanity. 1. Let it sit… Continue reading Ten Tips for Successful Self-Editing
"You can make anything by writing."C.S. Lewis Holidays are well and truly behind us now! It's still surreal to think that we're in January 2022, but here we are! I'm starting to get back into my groove now and get back into my daily writing routine! It's definitely a different routine than I'm used to.… Continue reading Getting Back Into The Groove
"Enter this new year with a gratitude for this new chance to create your dreams."Avina Celeste Hello 2022! It's crazy that we're already in 2022. I feel like it was only just 2021. SO much happened last year and it completely flew by me. It didn't help that Australia continued to be in constant COVID… Continue reading Welcome To The New Year!
"New year is the glittering light to brighten the dream-lined pathway of future."Munia Khan How fast has 2021 flown by!? It's crazy to think that Christmas is already behind us and New Years is just around the corner! This year came and went so fast - I'm still processing 2020 and here comes 2022. I… Continue reading It’s Almost 2022!
"Nothing ever seems too bad, too hard, or too sad when you've got a Christmas tree in the living room."Nora Roberts I love the holidays! I always have and I anticipate I always will, especially with a child in the mix! It's so much fun putting up Christmas decorations, buying presents and preparing to see… Continue reading Writing Through The Holidays
“I've found the best way to revise your own work is to pretend that somebody else wrote it and then to rip the living shit out of it.”Don Roff It’s always a crazy time post NaNoWriMo! The editing process is a long process, at least it always is for me. I’m not the biggest fan… Continue reading Editing Post NaNoWriMo