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 | Apr 10, 2023 | Blog
This is an updated version of a blog post I published on the London Lit Lab website a year ago. Memoir is a bit of an anomaly in the publishing world, because it is categorised as nonfiction, but many memoirs are written like novels, concerned with character,...
by Lily Dunn | Mar 2, 2023 | Blog
I have learned a lot about memoir this week, from various conversations had, and books read, and certain angles not before thought about. This is no surprise as I seem to be immersed in the world of personal narrative these days: through teaching, mentoring, and now...
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 | 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,...
