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Continue reading →: A New Creative Direction for The Book Bump: Writing, Art & Indie Author LifeThe Book Bump is evolving! As my creative life expands into thriller writing, self-publishing, illustration, and book talk, this blog is growing with me. Here’s what’s changing, what’s staying, and what to expect in the months ahead.
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Continue reading →: Big Magic: The Book I Wish I’d Read Sooner“I sat and stared at a blank page on my computer screen, willing the words to flow as they had in the beginning. But they didn’t.” A reflection on Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic, university notebooks, a three-year hiatus, and the twelve-year journey to bringing my debut novel into the world.
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Continue reading →: The Visual Representation of Procrastination“It’s in the crap drawer.” Translation: What you seek has vanished into the black hole that all kitchens possess. Except maybe your nan…
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Continue reading →: Five Millimetres from the RimI’m thrilled to share that my new short story, “Five Millimetres from the Rim,” has been published by Literally Stories! Drop by the journal to read the piece, and check out the exclusive studio illustration inside this post.
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Continue reading →: Writer’s Block and the Graveyard of Abandoned ManuscriptsStruggling with half-finished stories? Discover how to overcome writer’s block by turning your abandoned manuscripts into a creative compost heap.
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Continue reading →: The Only ExitTo my dearest Sprog, I am sorry, but I cannot keep you. No matter how my heart screams…
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Continue reading →: Dear Writer, Unfortunately… This Is What It’s Like Sending Work to Literary JournalsThere is nothing quite so humbling as sending your best piece of short fiction off to a literary journal. If you’ve ever spent hours obsessing over a 50-word third-person bio, incessantly refreshed Submittable waiting for a navy box to turn cerulean, or celebrated a hard-won acceptance in the middle of…
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Continue reading →: Children’s Art and Psychological Thrillers: How They Both Unexpectedly Influence Each OtherI lead a double life. By morning, I’m at my Writer’s Desk, untangling the dark, psychological motives of a thriller. By afternoon, I’ve moved to my Painter’s Desk, where the only thing that matters is the whimsy of a watercolor bear. Managing these two starkly different identities requires more than…
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Continue reading →: Behind the Scenes of a Children’s Picture Book in ProgressBehind the scenes of a children’s picture book in progress. In this post, I share the inspiration behind Teddy’s Magical Pages, a story about a grandmother and her grandson navigating memory loss together, and the creative challenges of translating emotion into illustration.
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Continue reading →: Learning in Public: What I’m working on Right Now (and Why I’m Taking It Slow)This post isn’t about big announcements or finished projects. It’s a snapshot of what I’m working on right now — illustration training, a personal picture book project, slow writing sessions, and a gentler blogging rhythm. Learning in public means sharing the messy, in-progress side of creativity, and choosing a pace…
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Continue reading →: Three Months In: What Self-Publishing Really Felt Like
Three months after self-publishing my debut novel, the initial excitement has faded — replaced by quieter lessons about confidence, visibility, and what it really means to put a book into the world. This is an honest reflection on the highs, the lows, and the parts of the journey we don’t…
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I’m Charlotte
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