I’m not necessarily obviously ill. I don’t have a physical disability that you can see. I have an eating disorder however, alongside an autism diagnosis, anxiety, depression and migraines. As much as I try to keep these things at bay, they inevitably end up affecting the way I work. It’s an art in itself, really,ContinueContinue reading “Balancing Illness and Art”
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9 Ways to Promote: for New Authors
So, you’ve just written your first or second book, and you’re not sure where to go from there. A year ago I was in those shoes. I started out with absolutely no idea what I was doing, but I have learnt a lot over just one year, and today I’m going to share my currentContinueContinue reading “9 Ways to Promote: for New Authors”
Writing a book about eating disorders
For those of you who don’t know already, my next book is a story about a teenage boy suffering with anorexia. It definitely won’t be a typical commercial novel. It’s not a huge, amazing high concept story that will attract a huge, guaranteed audience. Unfortunately that’s a risk with all of my novels. I’m notContinueContinue reading “Writing a book about eating disorders”
GIVEAWAY TIME!
If you want the chance to win a FREE SIGNED COPY of one of my books (your choice!), read below! All you have to do is leave a review on any of my books! The more reviews you leave (for example, if you wrote a review for ‘Immunity’ and posted it on both Amazon andContinueContinue reading “GIVEAWAY TIME!”
2019 Favourites: Music, Art and Books
So it’s late October in 2019, and this year has been wild. I’ll talk more about my year as a whole in December but for now I’m going to be talking about my 2019 favourites. So basically, my favourite music, art and books that I found in 2019 and absolutely love. Pretty self explanatory. Music:ContinueContinue reading “2019 Favourites: Music, Art and Books”
How my Autism affects my Characters
As a woman with autism, also known as ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) or Asperger’s, this condition affects pretty much every part of my day to day life, including my writing. From writing emotional scenes to building and developing characters in my stories, I can struggle quite a bit and often turn to the internet orContinueContinue reading “How my Autism affects my Characters”
My options for the future.
This post is going to be about my possible options and routes as an author for my future. Directions I can go, things that may become available, all that stuff. So this won’t be very interesting for the casual reader, but if you care about my future as an author, I’d recommend you read thisContinueContinue reading “My options for the future.”
Why I’ve been Neglecting One of my Books…
Out of all 4 of my current books, there’s one that I’ve pretty much been neglecting. So far I have ‘Immunity’ (dystopian horror), ‘The Last of the Missing’ (crime thriller), ‘Imaginary’ (drama) and ‘A Shot in the Dark’ (coming of age romance). One of these books has been ignored and not given much love byContinueContinue reading “Why I’ve been Neglecting One of my Books…”
How Being an Author has Helped me Grow as a Person
Forgive me, but this particular post is going to include a lot of talking about me. However, most of it will apply to other people and other writers. When I started writing my first book at 14, I was an anxious wreck. I was having panic attacks every day, I was very isolated from friendsContinueContinue reading “How Being an Author has Helped me Grow as a Person”
The Stigma against Independent Authors
One question I’ve received a lot since the beginning of my writing career is, which publishing house do I use? And my answer always seems to disappoint people. When I say I use Amazon KDP and Barnes and Noble, people tend to nod a little and look disappointed, as if they were expecting more. ThereContinueContinue reading “The Stigma against Independent Authors”
Alexandra Killworth: Author, Photographer, Artist 