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I think I might be writing a novel

May 5, 2015 by Rebecca Bowyer 47 Comments

This is a post about the making of Maternal Instinct, a dystopian novel published on 7 October 2019. Find out more about Maternal Instinct: A Novel here. I blame Stephen King. More specifically, his book On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. It’s the first Stephen King book I’ve ever read. Not because I don’t […]

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Season of Salt & Honey – author interview with Hannah Tunnicliffe

April 1, 2015 by Rebecca Bowyer 3 Comments

He always laughed more after surfing. His body was loose, his shoulders relaxed. He’d be tired, but somehow filled up from the inside. His hair thick with salt, dried crispy; the whites of his eyes pink; the skin on his hands tanned from the sunlight reflecting off the glassy surface of the water. And that […]

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13 signs you’re addicted to blogging

January 20, 2015 by Rebecca Bowyer 42 Comments

1. Three hours into your first self imposed blogging break in 12 months you find yourself taking notes on your phone while your sick toddler sleeps in your lap. 2. You check Facebook and can’t figure out why there are no reach stats on your posts. You realise you’re on your personal profile and switch […]

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Why I write

July 8, 2014 by Rebecca Bowyer 20 Comments

In case you hadn’t noticed, there’s a blog hop happening. What’s a blog hop? It’s kind of like playing ‘tag’ on the internet with blog posts. The theme of this one is ‘Why I write’. It’s been hugely popular, which is not surprising given how much writers love to talk about writing. Particularly our own […]

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