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Jessica writes about power, faith and justice.

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Since my novel explores the female experience of power, I was keen to understand how others conceive of power.

This book, The 48 Laws of Power by @robertgreeneofficial, is set up in chapters that each describe a rule of power based on accounts from

I was struggling to write my synopsis.

In my novel, I’m aiming for a ‘complex story, simple plot’. So the good stuff comes in the layers. I went around in circles in my head trying to work out what layers to include, only to end up

I am a little obsessed with notebooks.

I always have one with me. Always.

My obsession started when I studied creative writing. Every class started with a writing exercise and I loved the freedom of writing whatever came into my head without pres

What makes a story feel true?

Is it twists? Moral arguments? A bold new vision? Quiet cutting observations?

I don’t have the answers. I’m wrestling with these questions myself.

But I do know fiction can be a place where the impossib

Did I meet my goals for March as a writer preparing to query a manuscript?

It was a bit of a mixed bag but mostly good news!

I did get my synopsis and query letter done (though I’ll revise again before querying) but didn’t quite get m

Weird things I started doing as part of my novel writing process… growing food 🌱

My novel is set in a near future where climate change has altered the global landscape of society.

So what does that mean for food? If transporting food is r

Writing is a privilege but it is also an imperative.

In Gertrude Stein’s 1926 lecture ‘Composition as Explanation’, she suggests that art is the struggle to disclose what, once laid bare, seems to have always existed.

I feel the r

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