Author: laurenr61

Many writers are introverts – better in our own worlds of words and scenes and rhymes.

We refill our tired brains in the empty spaces – bush and beach and river. People are OK – they help us make great characters with their idiosyncrasies and problems – but they drain the well.

This is my creative space – the Pukenui Forest.

Here is the church, here is the steeple, open the door, and there are NO people!

For the extroverts among us – I hear you – a noisy cafe is the best place to write.

Where does your imagination flare? Can you fit more of that place in your life?

Many of us know the feeling. We’ve posted something online, or submitted it to a beta reader. Then we wait, and wait, and wait for feedback.

No reviews, not a word. No likes – perhaps the writing, the plot, the characters are so so dead that no one has the heart to tell you.

It’s more likely that life has got in the way for the readers. But still, our confidence takes a knock.

Then, if a bad review comes, that’s a whole different thing. Here’s a recent request from a UK author.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2019/jul/01/why-should-authors-read-your-bad-reviews

Please write your bad review if you mean it.

Please publish it; that is your right. But please, please, don’t tag the author every time you do so.

Quentin Wilson Publishing and Hangar Gallery warmly invite you to attend the launch of Mila and the Bone Man – the debut novel by Lauren Roche.

Thurs Oct 20 6.00pm-7.30pm

Hangar Gallery:

14 Cross Street, Regent One Way Street

Whangarei 0112 New Zealand