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Sweetheart, here's me truly hoping this is a one-off week of epically horrible proportions, that never recurs, and instead becomes an amazing scene in a book one day. Big love to you. xxxx

Oh, Rachel! What a time you've been having! I hope things are looking up for you all xx

@Claire G @Vagabond Heart Thanks for the kind words. However, this is an old blog post from a few months ago. I'm not sure why it has popped up again as a re-post. (Any idea @mickleinapickle ?) Mum and husband both doing well at the moment...

@Claire G @Vagabond Heart Thanks for the kind words. However, this is an old blog post from a few months ago. I'm not sure why it has popped up again as a re-post. (Any idea @mickleinapickle ?) Mum and husband both doing well at the moment...

Thanks Nikky! I'm in. My goal is to finish the edit on my 100K word sci-fi novel. I have about 10 chapters to go plus some tidy up in a few spots. I'd also like to cut 5K. If I finish before eom, I want to do a read-aloud of the whole thing for a...

My goal is to rewrite One Magic Summer and add more tension and suspense. I feel I know the story better now and am a better writer than when I started this project and still love the concept, "Practical Magic meets Arsenic and Old Lace with...

I make a point of never watching trailers for films I want to see even if I've already read the book. Films I don't think I'll bother seeing or are on Netflix which I don't subscribe to: I might watch the trailer just to get the general gist of...

The trailer for Project Hail Mary is out. Interesting creative choice to reveal not just one but two of the major plot points that drove suspense in the book. We've lost all sense of mystery and wonder. The whole point of the story was that he...

Sweetheart, here's me truly hoping this is a one-off week of epically horrible proportions, that never recurs, and instead becomes an amazing scene in a book one day. Big love to you. xxxx

Oh, Rachel! What a time you've been having! I hope things are looking up for you all xx

The Joy of Lit Mags by Rachel McCarron Adventures in Short Fiction While my first novel is tentatively making its way towards agents who already have too much to read, I’ve been wondering which other slush-piles might need feeding, and I’ve...

I'm going to be a Leeds Medieval Conference widow so sign me up. All the men off to talk about armour and weapons and war horses. I'll be glad of someone to talk to.

My goal is to rewrite One Magic Summer and add more tension and suspense. I feel I know the story better now and am a better writer than when I started this project and still love the concept, "Practical Magic meets Arsenic and Old Lace with...

I'm going to be a Leeds Medieval Conference widow so sign me up. All the men off to talk about armour and weapons and war horses. I'll be glad of someone to talk to.