In this blog series, I write about the stories I have written so far and my personal meaning behind them. Not everyone likes to know what a writer intended when they read stories. A reader might prefer to focus on their own interpretation and keep the writer’s personal view of the story separate, and that … More Behind The Story: All All Hallows’ Writing Quest
Why you don’t have to write every day to be able to say you are a writer. What makes you a writer? So many articles have been written about this subject. ‘Write every day!’ one piece says. ‘Write a 1000 words every day!’ says another piece. ‘Sit at your desk every day!’ says yet another. … More Blog: How To Be A Writer
Right now, you are reading this post on a public website with short stories free to read by all, but until only the beginning of this year was I terrified to share my fiction with anyone. I didn’t even share my ideas. Especially not my ideas. For they were unoriginal, boring, bad, uninteresting. But I … More Blog: How I Overcame My Insecurity About Sharing My Writing
Behind the story: ‘Crash Landing‘. In this blog series, I write about the stories I have written so far and my personal meaning behind them. Not everyone likes to know what a writer intended when they read stories. A reader might prefer to focus on their own interpretation and keep the writer’s personal view of … More Blog: When An Alien Comes To Visit
An update on my upcoming stories. After taking a summer break, I am very excited to share a little more about the stories I have in the pipeline for you. There is one story in particular that I’m quite excited about. It is a story longer than I have written for a while and one … More Blog: New Stories Incoming!
A blog post on how my summer unintentionally became devoid of writing Summer has always been a challenge for me. Not just because the high temperatures tend to disagree with my body, but also because seeing people go on far away holidays or even a nearby beach or festival while my body and mind keep … More Blog: My (Non-)Writing Summer
Before you start writing, it can sometimes be difficult to estimate how long a story will turn out to be. Especially as someone focusing on writing short stories, keeping it in fact short can be a challenge for me as I tend to write, for lack of a better word, longwinded. That sentence is in … More Blog: The Challenge of Story Length
Ever since I came to London for the first time in 2010, I have been mesmerised and inspired by this city. So many stories exist because of London. From tales about its people and its history to English literature and British culture and media. Although to be honest, my love for the city and the … More Blog: London, My Muse
When I started writing my own stories, I struggled with finding the right process for me. I was looking for one that would inspire me to keep writing and also keep me productive, but I had a hard time finding it. At first, I just started writing whenever I had a vague idea and I’d … More Blog: Frustrations of Finding the Right Writing Process
I thought I would continue last week’s post with a ‘How to…’ series and write about what I have learned about writing these past ten years. So how to start writing? The answer might sound simple: by beginning! But the road to actually doing that can be bumpy and difficult. We Dutchies have a saying: … More Blog: How to Start Writing
