The Life of a Writer

It's been a while Bloggersphere. I'm guilty of this crime, I admit, but it's been a busy few months.

And I'm scared as hell, but here I am, wanting you - no, wait. That's Grey's Anatomy. Sorry.

Anyway, a quick update for anyone who bothers to read this page. Maybe in your spare time, maybe when you're procrastinating over your essays or maybe because you do like me just a little bit.

In the time that I've been away I've been writing. I know this is no big surprise, considering this blog is primarily about books and that lark, but this time the writing has been for a good reason. In the July month of this year, I sent out one of my novels to a handful of agents with the hopes that one of them would love it as much as me. Though many of them took a liking to the characters and the world, none of them became as attached as this crazy lady over here. However, one agent was particularly interested in me. But not in a weird, 'Collector' way. She told me, quote "you write very well - the world you've created is vivid and your narrative voice is strong" unquote. I was thrilled when she asked if in the future I had any other work to send it to her for consideration. At the time I had another novel idea in progress and decided to try my luck by sending her the premise. She was really interested and asked for the first 3 chapters. My task then was to actually write the thing. And now, as December rolls in, she has the full manuscript and is currently considering becoming my agent.

This is a huge deal for me, Bloggersphere. It's the one thing I've been working toward for all the years I've been writing. The process of getting here was long and frustrating about 92% of the time, but I loved every minute of it. Because I believe, as I told another writer the other day, if it's not difficult then it's not work. If you find it hard then it means you're onto something great. That's usually what I find anyway. And what I like to tell myself to stop me closing the laptop and throwing it from the window in the times of Writer's Block. I love writing, it's everything I'm good at and everything I want to share with the world. The characters I create become my family, my friends, my children. And I'd love to have the world read and experience them with me.

Everything is crossed that she comes back with something positive and that she comes back soon. The waiting is killing me!


In the last few months I've also joined the life of University-goers. After almost a year of procrastinating and debating internally, I decided that the best course for me would be Creative Writing. I know it sounds obvious now, but before I have always been a Literature Lover. I came to the difficult conclusion that English, however, would not be my strongest subject to study. I discovered that Creative Writing would not only further my writing ability, but it would also help me to break into the Publishing Industry.

University has been a big change for me. It's something I will probably be posting on here about for a long time. It's introduced me to some wonderful new friends and some like-minded people. It's encouraged me to grow up and live like an adult. It's given me the time and opportunity to realise exactly who I am, what I want and how I'm going to get it.

My first semester here is drawing to a close and it's been a ride, that's for sure. There's been drama, laughs, birthday's and panic about deadlines.
But what I've also learnt this semester is not only how much my Other Half (boyfriend) means through all of this and how much he's helped me, but I've learnt that maybe I can do this whole adult thing. Maybe I can get the life I want.

And maybe I'll be just fine after all.