Posts by Julia

Sometimes doing something other than you think you ought to be doing brings results

So I had fallen into a bit of a plot hole – suddenly from a slow build[…]

The First Draft Appears

That’s what it’s feeling like at the moment. I’m in a good spot after a slow summer,[…]

Summer’s over

So, I had a great summer, but I am so glad to be back in my studio,[…]

What I saw at the Edinburgh Festival

I had quite a busy Festival, given that I could only really see shows that were also[…]

New York, New York!

The two weeks in upstate New York were entirely fruitful. An immersion in the sensory world was[…]

The research trip continues

We are over half way through our trip to New York. I have a load of notes,[…]

The Research Trip Begins

Novel #2 is set in upstate New York, in a fictional town based on a place where[…]

Things I have learned while copy editing

After two heads-down weeks, the final manuscript is scrawled on in purple pen, tippexed until it is[…]

Research field trip

I went to an old school reunion in Cambridge, where I met people I haven’t seen for[…]

The final edit is nigh

Since my self-edited third draft was submitted to my agent, CUCKOO has now gone through two edits[…]