30 Days Grace: April.
30 April 2017 • April 2017, month, monthly
Right
so. Ha. April 2017. Let's see. Ermm. Well I can't lie guys, I never
sugar coat or bullshit on this blog and I am proud of that
fact...I've had a shit month.
It
started...kinda well? I finished my amazing internship with Walker,
and had already earmarked April as a Recovery Month – but only in
terms of recuperating from a month spent in the big smoke working
full time in a busy office environment, not from, y'know, major
surgery...we'll get to that in a bit.
What I read in April 2017.
29 April 2017 • April 2017, bookish, books, non-fiction, reading, reading schedule
April
2017 was a bit of a mad one for books, wasn't it? This month had one of those mad days when a shit ton of books seemed to be
birthed onto bookshelves all at once! On the 6th, Hannah Witton's book
'Doing It' (more on that below) was released, as was 'The State of
Grace' by Rachael Lucas, 'The Hate U Give' by Angie Thomas, 'The
Cows' by Dawn O'Porter, 'Beetle Queen' by M.G. Leonard, and 'How to
be a Grown Up' by Daisy Buchanan (again, see below)...yeah,
that was a lot of books. And they ALL excite me. I also realised that
the majority of my reads this month were embargoed pre-release
goodness. Sorry, my dears. #humblebrag #blessbookmail
Laura Jane Williams: A most delightful chat.
18 April 2017 • author, author interview, becoming, book, bookish, Ice Cream for Breakfast, Laura Jane Williams, superlatively rude, superlativelylj
I
don't need to ask. I know that you know
all about my love for this woman, readers – both her writing and
her being. And more. She's at the top of my (extensive) social media crush
list, her writing workshop I attended gave me mad inspo, and her
books are written in my favourite style – like I have a friend
chattering to me, dropping boundless wisdom into the convo now
and again which I of course lap up, happily.
Okay,
so. Laura Jane Williams (that's her, fyi), creator of Superlatively Rude, ex-Grazia columnist and author of 'Becoming: Sex, second chances and figuring out who the hell I am' (2016) and 'Ice Cream for
Breakfast: How rediscovering your inner child can make you calmer, happier, and solve your bullsh*t adult problems', which is out tomorrow!!!
I
was fortunate enough to chat with Laura after receiving a proof of
this gorgeous new read. As expected, it was an utter delight. In
fact, I'll stop rambling and delaying your reading of this excellent
interview now. Read on! Go!
Grace answers; 1.
16 April 2017 • Ask Grace, Grace answers, Q&A, tweets, Twitter
Oh
hi, so remember when I did a super cool hashtag Q&A ting a couple
of times? No? Yeah, that'd be because it didn't exactly take off. But
then recently, I was a little uninspired writing and thought I'd try
it again, in a slightly different one-off way...
I'm gonna try something. Ask me a question, anything, in reply to this tweet. I will (pick one +) write a blog post answering it. GO 💁🏼— Grace Latter (@_gracelatter) April 13, 2017
This
one tweet amassed more Qs for me to A than that awful hashtag did,
way back when! So thank you, my curious friends. I really enjoyed the
asking. Now, for the answering...
@_gracelatter if you were a celebrity what reality show would you want to go on and why??— Beth Reekles (@Reekles) April 13, 2017
Ooh, I have always loved the celebrity Bake Off specials - however, now I am crippled with loathing for GBBO Channel 4 (what even is that photo?!), so I'll re-think.
Strictly
Come Dancing is
my favourite celeb reality show of all time ever,
so I think I'd have to go with that - however, I absolutely 100%
cannot dance and have nothing but hate for exercise, so I doubt I'd
get very far in the actual competition. But tbh, if I just got to attend
the launch party and be matched with my perfect partner
(Kevin/Aljaz), then I'd be happy.
@_gracelatter What makes you get up in the morning?— Lea Elm (@AllThingsEla) April 13, 2017
The family cat. For more details on my all-consuming love for him and the damn lovely ways he wakes me up and fills me with happiness each day, see this post I wrote for The Olive Fox entitled 'My Best Pal With Paws'.
@_gracelatter Why do you beleive people (in todays world of technology) still read fiction...— Harry Rodell (@harrylevirodell) April 13, 2017
I would say quite simply that in these tragic times, more than ever, we need to escape.
***
There
will be more of these in the future, I think. Feel free to comment
with any questions, or tweet me, as these lovely askers did! I do
have a backlog already, so I'm off to a good start.
This
may become a little series, if all goes to plan. Some posts will have
just the one question, others may have a couple. Some questions will
be grouped based on a theme, others may be more random. It's all
coming together, oh yes...
Meetings.
14 April 2017 • creative writing, Laura Jane Williams, meetings, memories, stories, writing
I attended a writing workshop in March, run by the beaut Laura Jane
Williams, just fyi, as if I haven't already told everyone about it in
gushing detail...We writers were given this excellent task, to scribble a quick story
of...meeting. A meeting. Meeting someone, who has since made a significant impact on our lives. We
then had to edit what we'd written of that tale; cut down, focus on
certain things, keep essentials and make impact. It was beyond fun,
and felt a little bit magic.
I am forever falling for those first
character descriptions in novels, lapping up the fresh new
dialogue that then unfolds; I've told you all before about my creating characters first when writing, how I need to make people and let
them make plot. It's the same in my life. I've met many people, there
have been many exciting inciting meetings.
On
the day of the workshop, I wrote about a meeting that could not have
been more important to me, and my life, tbh. I won't be sharing that
on here – it's saved specially to be used elsewhere. But these
little fragment tings you're about to read (I hope, anyway) are,
let's say, a small selection from my shortlist. I may write more, but these are just the ones that popped into my head that day in March when asked about A Meeting.
(These are my friends, in the cafe that other friends of mine own. I hope none of them mind being featured, tbh I just thought this photo was perfection so)
Haikus; 1.
8 April 2017 • creative writing, haiku, haikus, poetry
Very
recently
I
was taught how to haiku.
I
was not that good.
I
do keep trying
because
isn't that writing?
Just
keep keeping on.
What I'll be reading in April 2017.
4 April 2017 • April 2017, bookish, books, Bryony Gordon, Daisy Buchanan, Doing It, Hannah Witton, Ice Cream for Breakfast, Laura Jane Williams, non-fiction, reading, reading schedule, The Wrong Knickers
Right,
so, April is upon us. I won't do the whole 'where is this year going
omg' thing, because to be quite honest I am loving the
frantic speeding of time at present. There are many things to look
forward to in the next few months, and it's all getting a bit sweeter
and prettier with each passing day.
Already
the days are longer, the sun is getting higher, and even the darkness
is warmer. I may sing – or just sit quietly making yummy noises.
Yes, the latter is probably best...
A
new month of course means a new reading list! Wanna see what I've got
up my sleeve for April? (Spoiler: you do)
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