by Lily Dunn | Oct 23, 2023 | Blog
In this series of interviews, I will be talking to memoirists, both published and working towards publication, about their writing process, and how writing memoir has helped them better understand themselves and their place in the world. I am also interested in how a...
by Lily Dunn | Jul 19, 2023 | Blog
No doubt you will have heard many people speak of how difficult it is to write book number two. This is down to many factors, mostly expectation, either publisher expectation – maybe you’ve signed a two book deal – or personal expectation: will it be as good as...
by Lily Dunn | Jan 23, 2023 | Blog
I am writing this from that place of excitement. Do you know the one? When you suddenly feel as if you have made a breakthrough after what feels like months, even years – thousands of years! – in the dark. I’ve been writing a journal these past months, page...
by Lily Dunn | Jan 13, 2023 | Blog
Lately my time has been squeezed. I’ve had a lot of work on and have a growing puppy to contend with – one who is a working breed so needs a lot of attention! – and in absence of blocks of writing time, I’ve been turning to my notebooks. I have...
by Lily Dunn | Dec 12, 2022 | Blog
Last week I finally did my Viva, an oral examination after submission of my doctorate, and it went well. Much like the doctorate felt like it went on infinitum, the Viva loomed large in my consciousness as this unknown frightening thing. Was I going to be challenged,...
