What’s life without a little risk? Or in my case a whole truck load of it. Risk seems to have become a theme in 2019 for me. Honestly, it’s been a long time coming. I’ve owed myself a lot of chances, I’ve missed a lot of opportunities and had to live with regrets. But not [...]
Author: hannahstaitwurth
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2019, a foreword
It’s that time of year again. A beginning, but for many people a chance to reflect on the year that was. For me, 2018 was not an easy year. But rather than dwell on the hurt, I choose to move into the new year grateful for the lessons and the happiness that came toward the [...]
PSA
Olivia Moss & Ty Collins VS the World will be entering the world, for free, in 2019. Watch this space 🖤
The hardest part of being a writer
Do you know what’s harder than putting your all into something knowing it’s success depends entirely on other people liking this thing you’ve put blood, sweat and tears into (not always metaphorically) and that you won’t know if people are going to like it until after you’ve spent years (if only that was an exaggeration) [...]
The Illuminae Files by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Unless you’ve spent the last 3 years traveling at light-speed through space on the run from the megacorporation that destroyed your home, you’ve probably heard of The Illuminae Files. With the recent release of the third and final instalment of this thrilling series, it’s hard to avoid the hype crawling every bookish vent of cyberspace. [...]
Realism
I’ve done it. I’ve finally accepted this thing known as ‘adulthood’. I’ve taken a deep breath of reality, and decided I can’t keep surviving off the great perhaps. Perhaps, one day I’ll get my book published. Perhaps, one day I’ll be a successful author. Perhaps, one day I’ll have enough money to afford an avocado… [...]
2018.
And so 2018 has begun. I’ve heard a few people call it the final book in the trilogy; the one where we defeat the monster. I’m not sure exactly which monster is meant by this; global warming, Trump, or time itself? I honestly think this is probably the reality of our world now, perhaps humanity [...]
