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Tag: Writing Process

Funk

This might be the last post for a little while, as to be perfectly frank, I’m in a total writing funk at the minute. That point where you ask why you bother, and question everything you did and its value. I’m sure in the future …

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Hope is a Six Letter Word, Man in the Bath, Novel, Writing ProcessJuly 4, 2024July 4, 2024 By Kit Derrick

Update

Its been an age since I posted, I know. Busy busy with work, writing and reading but I just wanted to re-assure you all I’m still here. I currently have half a dozen projects on the go and my main issue is that I keep …

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Writing ProcessMay 24, 2024May 24, 2024 By Kit Derrick

Insignificance 7

I recently read the best-selling Yellowface, by R.F.Kuang, and have to say that I enjoyed it and found it extremely readable, but with my cynical hat on (the stylish one with the purple feather) I can’t help wondering whether it was constructed as the ultimate …

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Writing ProcessMarch 17, 2024March 17, 2024 By Kit Derrick

Hush is Coming

Just a quick post to remind all you lovely people out there that my new novel Hush is now available at all bookshops and on Amazon at mybook.to/hushnovel. Why not treat yourself to a copy? Stay safe Kit x

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Hush, Writing ProcessMarch 1, 2024March 1, 2024 By Kit Derrick

Grab a free book!

To celebrate the launch of my next book in March (and let’s be honest, to try and drum up a bit of interest in my name!) I’m making the e-mail of Lorelei free to download for the next few days, until the end of Tuesday …

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Free, lorelei, Novel, Writing ProcessFebruary 17, 2024February 17, 2024 By Kit Derrick

Hush is Ready

Very pleased to announce that the proof for Hush is now signed off. Launch date March 1st and shoulod be listed on Amazon and book stores from now https://mybook.to/hushnovel . Looking forward to seeing what you all think. Do bad choices make people bad? When …

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Hush, Proof, Writing ProcessJanuary 10, 2024January 10, 2024 By Kit Derrick

Xmas Update

Well. I’ve had a lovely and quite productive Christmas, and hope you have too. Part of this this was setting myself the challenge of finishingthe edits for Hush, and the book is not registered on Neilson, and the line edit finished. I’m just sorting the …

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Hush, Writing ProcessDecember 28, 2023December 28, 2023 By Kit Derrick

Insignificance

Yes, I am still a grumpy sod. There, that’s out of the way. In slightly softer terms, yes I am still in a bit of a low-patch, in terms of writing, but it did give me an idea for a new project. So, there’s hope …

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Man in the Bath, Philosophy, Writing ProcessDecember 4, 2023December 4, 2023 By Kit Derrick

Next Steps

Alongside the challenges I’ve been having with access to the website recently (don’t ask), I’m also still stuck a little in the writer’s funk, and only partially of my making. Aside from having a moan about finnicky health issues (and you can’t be a truly …

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editing, Writing ProcessNovember 30, 2023November 30, 2023 By Kit Derrick

YouTube Channel – Ideas?

I’m still struggling, as many writers do, with working out how to build an audience more. I’m hoping people are finding the YouTube channel interesting, but me blathering on to camera about myself must be boring for other people. What would people actually like to …

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marketing, Writing, Writing ProcessOctober 28, 2023October 28, 2023 By Kit Derrick

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