Martha Carr is an old school nerdette who loves magic, Star Trek, Star Wars, treasure hunts, DC comics, and hanging with her dogs and friends. She has written for the Washington Post, the New York Times, Politico, the Wall Street Journal, amongst other publications but is now into magic full time. Martha lives in her dream house in Austin, Texas, and is putting in a very badass garden in the backyard. Friends will always be welcome.
Lasairiona McMaster grew up dreaming of an exciting life abroad, and, after graduating from Queens University, Belfast, that is exactly what she did. She spent seven and a half years in America and eighteen months in India, before repatriating to Northern Ireland in November 2018. With a penchant for both travelling and writing, she started a blog during her first relocation to Houston, Texas. Since repatriating to Northern Ireland, she has decided to do as everyone has been telling her to do for years, and finally pen a book (or twelve) while she tries to adjust to the people and place she left ten years ago, where nothing looks the same as it did when she left.
Her first book, Bloom Where You Are Planted is a part-memoir, part how-to guide for moving and living abroad. Rich with tips on how to expat like a boss, this book takes you on a journey from packing up her life in Northern Ireland to jumping in at the deep-end as an expat in two countries. Shortly after releasing her non-fiction book, Lasairiona published her first romance series, (Intimate Strangers, The Good in Goodbye and Fateful Coincidence). She is a hopeless romantic and is enjoying delving into the world of romantic fiction!Read More →
There is no right way. Everyone is different.
Michael Anderle
I’ve written about comparison and how dangerous comparisonitis can be before. However, I tend to look at comparison from the bottom up, from the perspectives of those who compare themselves to writers who are further ahead in their careers.
Here, I always stress the importance of being realistic, of knowing where you are right now, and how that impacts what you can and cannot do today.
I never really talked about the other side of the coin, about how those we look up to and in whose footsteps we want to follow compare ourselves to us. Do they have a full grasp of where they are right now compared to where they’ve been when telling us how it’s done? Are they aware of the privilege that comes with being further ahead when talking about writing or publishing to a group of people desperate to get to that place too?Read More →