I write difficult stories. In Hippocampus, Bridge Eight, Barely South Review, Apricity, The Writing Cooperative and more.
Joined July 2023
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This is rip-the-plaster-off level advice for baby writers.
Read 👉 ammanc.substack.com/p/write-…
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Sitting between projects when they only reflect back pindrop silence is excruciating. But then I remember I'm a writer and I have the next story to write. I sit at my desk and the voices in my head fill the silence.
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My WIP as a warning label ⚠️
May contain dead ancestors, twisted minds matriarchs, toxic mother/daughter relationships, stalkers, cheaters, abusers, so much murder, generational trauma, a loveable himbo romantic interest.
Your turn!
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Added 12K words to the speculative women's fic (calling it GoddessWIP) in a week. Wrote a query for it still in draft 1. Posted on a qcrit forum. Blew up. And now I have DMs to deal with. This is a good fucking problem to have.
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Sketchbook kinda day. Windy, not rare, I do love. Coffee, congee and muscle injury. Which means I will be spending this weekend writing the weird family saga #WIP about merciless matriarchs, and that's all I'm doing. Joy!
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If you've written one book, then you can write one more. Or two more. Or three. You have way more than just one story in you. If this one doesn't work, the next one will. Write and write some more.
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In which I confess I want to live in literature and writing 24/7. And updates on some WIPs and projects that I have undertaken as a madwoman.
Indie author? You'll want to read this...
ammanc.substack.com/p/unrest…
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I'm carrying this image on my phone, so the next time someone asks me what my book is about I'll just show them this. Let them make of it what they want to, really...
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ALT I'm carrying this image on my phone, so the next time someone asks me what my book is about I'll just show them this. Let them make of it what they want to, really... #writingcommunity #writesky #fictionwriting #amwriting #amquerying #upmarket #agentsguide #authorslife
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If you're about to launch a novel via a small press or indie publisher, you NEED to add yourself to The Deep List, Oratoria's new podcast and interview series!
Form - forms.gle/TVcU2uHnwoCPR89G8
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You can't be afraid of putting your characters through devastating situations. Irrespective of how much you fear those situations yourself.
The mirror is cruel, but you gotta look at it.
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So happy to have been working on The Deep List for a while now! If you're an indie author with a forthcoming launch then you need to check this out 😍
Info - tinyurl.com/thedeeplist
Signup Form - forms.gle/iddQE842yXcdTyBp8
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I wrote 3,000 words yesterday on my upmarket speculative novel. Full working day, cooked, did housework, and some admin stuff for the writing side of things.
Yeah, I knew I had superpowers.
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The Deep List is also open to self-published authors and books (post pub day) and you can use the same form to add your work for consideration - forms.gle/BJN6AkJpwEsmczc9A
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Oratoria is looking for small press or indie published authors for their new podcast & interview series - The Deep List.
Building the list and you can add your name - forms.gle/BJN6AkJpwEsmczc9A
#writingcommunity #indiepress #smallpress #bookpodcast #indieauthors #indiepublishers
ALT Oratoria is looking for small press or indie published authors for their new podcast & interview series - The Deep List. Building the list and you can add your name - https://forms.gle/BJN6AkJpwEsmczc9A #writingcommunity #indiepress #smallpress #bookpodcast #indieauthors #indiepublishers
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Oratoria is looking for small press or indie published authors for their new podcast & interview series - The Deep List.
Building the list and you can add your name - forms.gle/BJN6AkJpwEsmczc9A
#writingcommunity #indiepress #smallpress #bookpodcast #indieauthors #indiepublishers
ALT Oratoria is looking for small press or indie published authors for their new podcast & interview series - The Deep List. Building the list and you can add your name - https://forms.gle/BJN6AkJpwEsmczc9A #writingcommunity #indiepress #smallpress #bookpodcast #indieauthors #indiepublishers
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A meaty sausage roll, strawberries, old magazines, a new book and a handful of hand-stitched chapbooks to read, the wind howls outside, one more chapter of the new story to write yet.
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If I haven't Googled the synonyms of most of the words in my work-in-progress then am I really a writer? I think not.
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What is your absolute favourite thing to do as a writer? I find that I produce the best stories when I edit, but I know writers who are excellent from the get go, and then those that write banger characters.
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First draft word vomit
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I am currently entwined in an ungodly cycle of submissions, rejections, acceptances, more submissions, more rejections, ghosting, ghosting, ghosting, and I just want to get back to making pretty stories.
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Are you a writer? Why do you write?
On legacy.
My new post - ammanc.substack.com/p/on-leg…
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ALT Are you a writer? Why do you write? On legacy. My new post - https://ammanc.substack.com/p/on-legacy-journal-entry-06-june-2026 #amwriting #writingcommunity #fictionwriting #wrieterslife #authorslife
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