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  • 100 submissions in – time for a data deep dive

    I hit “submit” this month on my 100th story submission. I love easy, round numbers, so 100 submissions feels like quite a milestone. And, when pulling this blog post together, I realised it is just over 10 years since my very first submission back in June 2015. This feels like a very appropriate time to…

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  • How I became a Writers of the Future winner

    If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again (and then try some more). There are writers out there who get published right away, or who win the Writers of the Future contest with their first submission. I am not one of them. After my daughter was born in 2020, I committed to follow my…

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  • Dare to believe: five years chasing my writer dream

    It’s important to stop every now and then to reflect on what you’ve done in life, and to consider if you’re content with where you’re going. So, what happened to me five years ago this month? What triggered this new writing era in my life? I became a father.

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  • Hello world!

    I must admit, I’m not a natural blogger. That’s perhaps a strange opening line for a blog. But it’s true. It’s not something I ever thought I would do. Then again, I never thought I’d be a winner of the Writers of the Future competition either. So, go figure.

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