Congratulations, you’ve got a new follower! Five likes on your post so far … nice! X liked your post – maybe you’d like to see theirs, too! Is it just me, or does that sound like something you’d hear in a primary school classroom? Is social media treating us like a bunch of emotionally fragile …
Sending your manuscript out for review is a bit like sending your child to school for the first time. This beautiful but fragile thing, once a part of you, is going out into the cold cruel world. In both cases, you need to wait until the time is right. Your first draft is where you …
It’s 5 pm. There’s a mess on the floor, the baby’s crying, and your two-year-old has just discovered the word ‘no’. You’re nowhere near your work target and dinner is still a distant notion. You think longingly about being a full-time parent. Or a full-time professional who can afford a nanny. Because surely it’s easier …
Stella Tarakson 