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‘Why do you write?’ This is a question almost every writer has been asked at least once and like many writers I struggle to come up with an answer that would make sense to anyone other than me.

I decided I wanted to be a writer when I was eleven. After a rather terrifying experience abseiling, I came up with my first story idea – a story about a talking spy dog – and I immediately started to write it. I drew covers for the books (I was a very ambitious child who decided there would be at...

What is Writer's Block:

Writer’s block is one of those things people don’t really understand until they go through it themselves. It’s difficult to describe as everyone experiences it differently. I once told a friend it was like my brain had stopped braining. I forget character names. I can’t think what they would say or do. Stories I was so proud of, so eager to write now read like rubbish. It’s infuriating and frustrating and so very hard to overcome.

The last time I had writer’s block I...

Why I like writing challenges…

One piece of advice I give to people who ask me about becoming a writer is to write every day, even if it’s just a sentence. However, I know this can sometimes be hard as the inspiration fairy can be a slippery sprite. Writing challenges are a great way to get you writing. I turn to them whenever I’m struggling to think of what to write.

Where I source writing challenges…

I source writing challenges from several sources but mainly Pinterest (click here to view my...