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... I am 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐨 very late with posting ... I am 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐨 very late with posting this but we are now less than ⏳3 α΄‘α΄‡α΄‡α΄‹κœ± α΄€α΄‘α΄€ΚβŒ› from 𝔻𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝔹𝕝𝕦𝕖 release day! It's exciting and terrifying in equal measure. πŸ˜…πŸ“˜βœ¨ There's still 𝐚 π₯𝐨𝐭 to do between now and the 10th so I'm going to get back to it pronto! But to mark the occasion, here are just three of many songs mentioned and/or quoted in 𝔻𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝔹𝕝𝕦𝕖. πŸ‘† You can also check out the full 'soundtrack' at the link below. πŸ‘‡ It includes every song mentioned as well as a few bonus tracks that inspired me as I wrote. 😊✍️ 🎢 https://spotify.link/rfpzzgTnkDb _____________________________ α΄˜κœ±κœ±κœ±α΄›! κœ°α΄Κ€ α΄›Κœα΄κœ±α΄‡ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴑʜᴏ ᴍΙͺκœ±κœ±α΄‡α΄… Ιͺα΄›, Ιͺ Κ€α΄‡ΚŸα΄‡α΄€κœ±α΄‡α΄… α΄›Κœα΄‡ α΄˜Κ€α΄ΚŸα΄Ι’α΄œα΄‡ (ᴏʀ 'ᴅᴀʏ 0') α΄‡α΄€Κ€ΚŸΙͺᴇʀ α΄›ΚœΙͺꜱ α΄α΄Ι΄α΄›Κœ. ᴛᴀᴋᴇ α΄€ α΄˜α΄‡α΄‡α΄‹ ᴛᴏ ꜰΙͺΙ΄α΄… α΄α΄œα΄› Ιͺꜰ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ΙͺΙ΄α΄›α΄‡Κ€α΄‡κœ±α΄›α΄‡α΄… α΄€Κœα΄‡α΄€α΄… ᴏꜰ α΄˜α΄œΚ€α΄„Κœα΄€κœ±ΙͺΙ΄Ι’! α΄€Ι΄α΄… Ιͺꜰ ʏᴏᴜ α΄›ΚœΙͺΙ΄α΄‹ ʏᴏᴜ ᴋɴᴏᴑ κœ±α΄α΄α΄‡α΄Ι΄α΄‡ ᴑʜᴏ ᴍΙͺΙ’Κœα΄› α΄‡Ι΄α΄Šα΄Κ α΄€ ʏᴀ α΄…α΄€Κ€α΄‹ ᴄᴏᴍᴇᴅʏ ᴏɴ α΄›Κœα΄‡ κœ±α΄œΚ™α΄Šα΄‡α΄„α΄› ᴏꜰ α΄α΄‡Ι΄α΄›α΄€ΚŸ Κœα΄‡α΄€ΚŸα΄›Κœ, α΄˜ΚŸα΄‡α΄€κœ±α΄‡ 𝐬𝐑𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐑𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐑𝐚𝐫𝐞! ʏᴏᴜ α΄„α΄€Ι΄ ꜰΙͺΙ΄α΄… α΄›Κœα΄‡ α΄˜Κ€α΄ΚŸα΄Ι’α΄œα΄‡ 🌐 ᴏɴ ᴍʏ α΄‘α΄‡Κ™κœ±Ιͺᴛᴇ ΙͺΙ΄ α΄›Κœα΄‡ 𝔻𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝔹𝕝𝕦𝕖 κœ±α΄‡α΄„α΄›Ιͺᴏɴ ❗ᴏʀ❗ πŸ”— ʙʏ α΄„α΄α΄˜ΚΙͺΙ΄Ι’ α΄€Ι΄α΄… α΄˜α΄€κœ±α΄›ΙͺΙ΄Ι’ α΄›ΚœΙͺꜱ ʟΙͺΙ΄α΄‹ πŸ‘‰SaoirseSchad.com/Dear-Blue-Prologue _____________________________ Watch this space for frank and honest updates about my experience with the writing and publishing process, including a blog series called 𝕄π•ͺ π•ƒπ•šπ•₯π•₯𝕝𝕖 β„™π•¦π•“π•π•šπ•€π•™π•šπ•Ÿπ•˜ π”Έπ••π•§π•–π•Ÿπ•₯𝕦𝕣𝕖. ✍️ You can catch up on the journey so far at the link in my bio or my highlights. πŸ‘€ Or ❗ just copy and paste the link below πŸ‘‡ 🌐 https://saoirseschad.com/my-little-publishing-adventure/ πŸ’™ . . . #MyLittlePublishingAdventure #BooksnBlues #DebutNovel #IrishAuthor #MentalHealthWriter #SelfPub #IndiePub #WritersLife #BookReleaseCountdown #BookLaunchCountdown
... 🀫 𝕋𝕆𝔻𝔸𝕐'π•ŠπŸ”Ήβ„‚π•†β„•π”½π”Όπ•Šπ•Šπ•€π•†β„• 🀫 Things have been really tough lately. My loved one is back in hospital; our turtle is really sick and needs a lot of treatment and I'm fairly deep in anxiety about the upcoming publication date. When it comes to the book, my anxiety manifests as procrastination. So as the date gets closer and closer, I have more and more to do and my slowness is going to put other people under time pressure as well, which adds guilt to the mix. I've also been struggling with general day-to-day stuff and it feels like I can't do anything book-related until I sort out some life admin. For instance, the dishes have been piling up for weeks now and there's been more than one occasion when we've had no clean cutlery. On the days when I really don't feel like I can do anything, I'll just skip eating to avoid doing dishes and then I end up feeling weaker and weaker. I'm spending a lot of time in bed lately, hiding away from the world. Thankfully, I'm still not as bad as I was a year ago, when I was in physical pain and vomiting frequently, but I am slipping. I think I might need to take some sort of stress management course. Whenever life throws me any sort of curveball I tend to crumble and lately there have been so many curveballs. I'm also back to self-isolating. I cancelled two different birthday celebrations (my own birthday) because I knew I was too stressed to enjoy the occasion. Most people find it helpful to be surrounded by loved ones when they're in a dark spell, but not me. I find it impossible to socialise because it takes so much out of me on a good day. Right now, I'm even struggling to read and reply to text messages and emails. When you throw in the added stressors of a very sick pet and loved one sitting on her own in hospital with very few distractions, everything starts to feel like too much. I'm so lucky to have my wonderful wife, though. She's really being superheroic when it comes to keeping our family afloat. Without her, everything would be in pieces. πŸ’™ . . . #DepressionConfession #BooksnBlues #Depression #LivingWithDepression #MentalHealthDiary #MentalHealthCommunityIreland #DebutNovel
... We are officially less than ⏳4 ᴑᴇᴇᴋ ... We are officially less than ⏳4 α΄‘α΄‡α΄‡α΄‹κœ± α΄€α΄‘α΄€ΚβŒ› from 𝔻𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝔹𝕝𝕦𝕖 publication day! I can't quite believe it, tbh. πŸ€―πŸ“˜βœ¨ So, with just four weeks left before we hit publish, I wanted to share a few bits of our story that are based on real Irish events/businesses/experiences, etc. πŸ’šπŸ€πŸ§‘ As my wife put it, here are four 'I know that thing!' moments from 𝔻𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝔹𝕝𝕦𝕖. πŸ‘† __________________________________ α΄˜κœ±κœ±κœ±α΄›! κœ°α΄Κ€ α΄›Κœα΄κœ±α΄‡ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴑʜᴏ ᴍΙͺκœ±κœ±α΄‡α΄… Ιͺα΄›, Ιͺ Κ€α΄‡ΚŸα΄‡α΄€κœ±α΄‡α΄… α΄›Κœα΄‡ α΄˜Κ€α΄ΚŸα΄Ι’α΄œα΄‡ (ᴏʀ 'ᴅᴀʏ 0') α΄‡α΄€Κ€ΚŸΙͺᴇʀ α΄›ΚœΙͺꜱ ᴑᴇᴇᴋ. ᴛᴀᴋᴇ α΄€ α΄˜α΄‡α΄‡α΄‹ ᴛᴏ ꜰΙͺΙ΄α΄… α΄α΄œα΄› Ιͺꜰ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ΙͺΙ΄α΄›α΄‡Κ€α΄‡κœ±α΄›α΄‡α΄… α΄€Κœα΄‡α΄€α΄… ᴏꜰ α΄˜α΄œΚ€α΄„Κœα΄€κœ±ΙͺΙ΄Ι’! α΄€Ι΄α΄… Ιͺꜰ ʏᴏᴜ α΄›ΚœΙͺΙ΄α΄‹ ʏᴏᴜ ᴋɴᴏᴑ κœ±α΄α΄α΄‡α΄Ι΄α΄‡ ᴑʜᴏ ᴍΙͺΙ’Κœα΄› α΄‡Ι΄α΄Šα΄Κ α΄€ ʏᴀ α΄…α΄€Κ€α΄‹ ᴄᴏᴍᴇᴅʏ ᴏɴ α΄›Κœα΄‡ κœ±α΄œΚ™α΄Šα΄‡α΄„α΄› ᴏꜰ α΄α΄‡Ι΄α΄›α΄€ΚŸ Κœα΄‡α΄€ΚŸα΄›Κœ, α΄˜ΚŸα΄‡α΄€κœ±α΄‡ 𝐬𝐑𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐑𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐑𝐚𝐫𝐞! ʏᴏᴜ α΄„α΄€Ι΄ ꜰΙͺΙ΄α΄… α΄›Κœα΄‡ α΄˜Κ€α΄ΚŸα΄Ι’α΄œα΄‡ 🌐 ᴏɴ ᴍʏ α΄‘α΄‡Κ™κœ±Ιͺᴛᴇ ΙͺΙ΄ α΄›Κœα΄‡ 𝔻𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝔹𝕝𝕦𝕖 κœ±α΄‡α΄„α΄›Ιͺᴏɴ ❗ᴏʀ❗ πŸ”— ʙʏ α΄„α΄α΄˜ΚΙͺΙ΄Ι’ α΄€Ι΄α΄… α΄˜α΄€κœ±α΄›ΙͺΙ΄Ι’ α΄›ΚœΙͺꜱ ʟΙͺΙ΄α΄‹ πŸ‘‰ saoirseschad.com/dear-blue-prologue __________________________________ Watch this space for frank and honest updates about my experience with the writing and publishing process, including a blog series called 𝕄π•ͺ π•ƒπ•šπ•₯π•₯𝕝𝕖 β„™π•¦π•“π•π•šπ•€π•™π•šπ•Ÿπ•˜ π”Έπ••π•§π•–π•Ÿπ•₯𝕦𝕣𝕖. ✍️ You can catch up on the journey so far at the link in my bio or my highlights. πŸ‘€ Or ❗ just copy and paste the link below πŸ‘‡ 🌐 https://saoirseschad.com/my-little-publishing-adventure/ πŸ’™ . . . #MyLittlePublishingAdventure #BooksnBlues #DebutNovel #IrishAuthor #MentalHealthWriter #SelfPub #IndiePub #WritersLife #BookReleaseCountdown #BookLaunchCountdown
πŸŽ‰Today is my 32nd birthdayπŸŽ‰ which means it's πŸŽ‰Today is my 32nd birthdayπŸŽ‰ which means it's also π•Žπ• π•£π•π•• π•Šπ•¦π•šπ•”π•šπ••π•– β„™π•£π•–π•§π•–π•Ÿπ•₯π•šπ• π•Ÿ 𝔻𝕒π•ͺ. πŸ’™ In honour of the day that's in it (and also the fact that we're now one calendar month away from my debut novel's publication date) I decided to release a sneak peek of 𝔻𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝔹𝕝𝕦𝕖's prologue. πŸ‘€πŸ“˜ If you're interested in mental health reads or YA dark comedy, please check it out to see if it's for you. 🀞 Or, if you know someone who might be interested, please share it with them. πŸ™ As a first-time author, I appreciate all the help I can get! πŸ€— You can read it... 🌐 on my website in the 𝔻𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝔹𝕝𝕦𝕖 section ❗OR❗ πŸ”— at saoirseschad.com/dear-blue-prologue πŸ’™ . . . #BooksnBlues #DebutNovel #IrishAuthor #MentalHealthWriter #SelfPub #IndiePub #Bookstagram #Authorgram #MentalHealthReads #DearBlue #IReadYA #YAdarkComedy
... I can hardly believe we're just ⏳5 α΄‘α΄‡α΄‡α΄‹κœ± α΄€α΄‘α΄€ΚβŒ› from 𝔻𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝔹𝕝𝕦𝕖 publication day! πŸ€―πŸ“˜βœ¨ To mark the occasion, here are πŸ’š5 ΙͺΚ€Ιͺꜱʜ α΄„α΄α΄œΙ΄α΄›Ιͺα΄‡κœ±πŸ’š (among many) explored by our protagonist, Jay, on his road trip around the country. πŸ‘† Watch this space for frank and honest updates about my experience with the writing and publishing process, including a blog series called 𝕄π•ͺ π•ƒπ•šπ•₯π•₯𝕝𝕖 β„™π•¦π•“π•π•šπ•€π•™π•šπ•Ÿπ•˜ π”Έπ••π•§π•–π•Ÿπ•₯𝕦𝕣𝕖. ✍️ I'm going to hold off on updating the blog this week because I'm in the middle of an important set of revisions (😱), but you can catch up on the journey so far at the link in my bio or my highlights. πŸ‘€ Or ❗ just copy and paste the link below πŸ‘‡ 🌐 saoirseschad.com/confessions πŸ’™ . . . #MyLittlePublishingAdventure #BooksnBlues #DebutNovel #IrishAuthor #MentalHealthWriter #SelfPub #IndiePub #WritersLife #BookReleaseCountdown #BookLaunchCountdown
... 🀫 𝕋𝕆𝔻𝔸𝕐'π•ŠπŸ”Ήβ„‚π•†β„•π”½π”Όπ•Šπ•Šπ•€π•†β„• 🀫 I really miss therapy. I've been financially dependent on my wife ever since I had to take time off work to mind my brain, and I was lucky enough to attend a donation-based local counselling service when I needed it most. But, because demand is so high, clients are only entitled to twenty-four sessions with some wiggle room at the end. I finished my sessions earlier this summer and I've generally been doing pretty well since then. Right now, though, I feel like my brain could do with some maintenance. I don't want to bang on and on about my stupid book; I have a whole other blog for that. But❗ lately I'm pretty deep in emotional whiplash. One minute I'm soaring and confident and on top of the world, and then I'm feeling so stupid for every small mistake I've made and allowed people to see. Sometimes I even take it one step further and feel guilty for asking people to read something that still needs so much work. Then, I introduce a round of self-blame: it's my own stupid fault for losing control of my timeline. If I had stayed on track, there would have been lots of time to polish the book up before inflicting it on my loved ones. It's my own fault for pouring so much of my brain onto paper so that everyone can see what I don't know. My blind spots are just out there for all my closest people to read and it makes me feel really small. And when I'm all out of guilt and shame, I'm mostly just confused: how can this be my dream come true and also such a nightmare?! I'm lucky enough to have a lot of personal cheerleaders helping to counteract the meanness in my head (and, in fact, just about everyone who's reading it has been a cheerleader in some form), but what I really want is some professional input. I need someone to help untangle all these feelings and point me in the right direction. I have to learn why I'm so ashamed of human errors like typos, spelling mistakes and clunky sentences. And self-compassion, I need to learn that too. πŸ’™ . . . #DepressionConfession #BooksnBlues #Depression #LivingWithDepression #MentalHealthDiary #MentalHealthCommunityIreland #DebutNovel
... πŸ“– β„šπ•¦π• π•₯𝕖 𝕠𝕗 π•₯𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕒π•ͺ πŸ“– This quote is particularly meaningful to me lately. πŸ’– If you haven't already read my book review of 𝕋𝕙𝕖 π”½π•’π•π•π•šπ•Ÿπ•˜ π•€π•Ÿ 𝕃𝕠𝕧𝕖 π•„π• π•Ÿπ•₯π•’π•˜π•– 𝕓π•ͺ β„‚π•šπ•’π•£π•’ π•Šπ•žπ•ͺπ•₯𝕙, please check it out on my grid. So far, it's my only ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ read! πŸ’™ . . . #BooksnBlues #BookQuotes #Bookstagram #CiaraSmyth #IReadYA #FallingInLoveMontage #TheFallingInLoveMontage @ciaraiswriting
... βœοΈπ•Žπ•™π•–π•Ÿ β€˜π•₯𝕠-𝕕𝕠’ π•“π•–π•”π• π•žπ•–π•€ β€˜π•₯𝕒-𝕕𝕒’! π•„π•’π•œπ•šπ•Ÿπ•˜ π•π•šπ•€π•₯𝕀 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕕𝕖𝕑𝕣𝕖𝕀𝕀𝕖𝕕 π•‘π•–π• π•‘π•π•–βœοΈ κœ±α΄›α΄Κ€α΄Κ ᴍΙͺΙ΄α΄…κœ± πŸ”Ή α΄€ α΄α΄‡Ι΄α΄›α΄€ΚŸ Κœα΄‡α΄€ΚŸα΄›Κœ α΄Šα΄α΄œΚ€Ι΄α΄€ΚŸ πŸ”Ή ᴏɴ ᴍᴇᴅΙͺᴜᴍ.ᴄᴏᴍ As a Type A Virgo with a pathological need to be productive, I’m a lover of lists. I have a system for my systems and I make plans to plan My Next Big Thing. Brainstorming sessions, tasks and reminders populate my Google calendar like daffodils in a spring field. My phone is filled with apps for lists, habit-tracking, social media monitoring, content management and even sleep hygiene. I have not one but three separate (yet distinct) apps for note-taking. But as an anxiety-riddled medically-diagnosed depressed person, sometimes lists can do more harm than good... πŸ‘€ Read the full article at the link in my story or through my β›ˆοΈStormy Minds🧠 highlight ❗OR ❗ by copying and pasting the link below πŸ‘‡ 🌐 https://shorturl.at/swJR4 πŸ’™ . . . #StormyMinds #MediumPublication #MentalHealthJournal #MentalIllness #MentalHealthWriter #IrishWriter #MentalHealthIreland #LivingWithDepression #BooksnBlues #Lists #ListMaking #Productivity
... πŸ“š 𝔹 𝕆 𝕆 𝕂 πŸ”Ή ℝ 𝔼 𝕍 𝕀 𝔼 π•Ž πŸ“š ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Have you ever found a book that just SPEAKS to you? A book that seems almost like it was written with you in mind? A book that came into your life at just the right time? For me, that was 𝕋𝕙𝕖 π”½π•’π•π•π•šπ•Ÿπ•˜ π•€π•Ÿ 𝕃𝕠𝕧𝕖 π•„π• π•Ÿπ•₯π•’π•˜π•– by β„‚π•šπ•’π•£π•’ π•Šπ•žπ•ͺπ•₯𝕙. (I mean, I literally share a name with the protagonist!) This LGBTQ+ romance follows Oxford-bound Saoirse the summer after she's completed the dreaded Leaving Cert. She's worked hard, she's studied, she's been preparing for university. Now it's time to let loose, get drunk and non-committedly kiss a bunch of girls in the aftermath of a bad breakup. Her plans to play the field are soon cut short by rom-com fan, Ruby, who Saoirse can't help but notice is more than a little pretty. The pair hit it off and agree to have a fling with an expiration date. They're going to date for the summer, and strategically work their way through a list of tropes curated from all the most beloved rom-coms. Going into the relationship, Saoirse also has her own secret set of rules to protect her from getting her heart broken again. As Saoirse navigates dating and rom-coms, she's also coming to terms with the fact that her middle-aged mother has to live in a nursing home due to early-onset dementia. Meanwhile, her father is all set to remarry a new woman and Saoirse is determined to hate her. From the very first page, I knew I was reading something special. Smyth's voice is so uniquely fresh and lends itself beautifully to creating characters that leap off the page. For any fans of YA and rom-coms, especially Irish readers, I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It's warm and sweet and will feel familiar to anyone navigating young loves, family dynamics and life-changing schooling decisions. Thanks @ciaraiswriting for writing my ONLY five-star read so far. Can't wait to read your most recent release! πŸ’™ . . . #Bookstagram #BookReview #BookReviews #5StarRead #BookishPost #LGBTQReads #QueerReads #LGBTQLoveStory #FallingInLoveMontage #TheFallingInLoveMontage #CiaraSmyth
... 🀫 𝕋𝕆𝔻𝔸𝕐'π•ŠπŸ”Ήβ„‚π•†β„•π”½π”Όπ•Šπ•Šπ•€π•†β„• 🀫 I'm struggling to find the right words to summarise my life right now. It's exciting. It's scary. It's a lot of headaches. It's a lot of mood swings and ups and downs. It's feeling totally wound up followed by a total lack of energy. It's pride and confidence followed by insecurity and regret. Basically, it's a non-stop swirl of emotions. Right now, at this precise moment, I'm in my family home in Dublin sipping coffee and trying to remain calm. I'm also in a bit of a daze from tiredness, even though I got a good 8+ hours of sleep yesterday. Prescription meds are helping me fight off the threat of a migraine and I'm wishing there were meds to weaken the link between my stupid emotions and my stupid body. I had a meeting with my book editor yesterday and I should be over the moon. There are changes to make, of course, but all the notes are going to make 𝔻𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝔹𝕝𝕦𝕖 a much better, stronger book, and there was also plenty of positive feedback too. In fact, the feedback was unexpectedly positive and I should be running away with giddiness. Instead, I mostly feel sick. Even the joyful emotions are converting to headaches, nausea and a foggy brain and I just don't understand how other people aren't more sick all the time. How do they do it? How can some people experience emotions just in their brain while mine seem to attack my whole body? And I really don't want to be ungrateful, either. I know that this is a really special time I'm going to want to remember, the final weeks before I become a published author. I'm really grateful to all the people who have volunteered to read the book in its current form and I know I'm so lucky that people are connecting with it. Writing and publishing a book has always been my dream, and I don't want my dream to pass me by while my stupid body is bedbound. I don't want to sleepwalk through this really important time in my life, but being awake is just so hard sometimes. πŸ’™ . . . #DepressionConfession #BooksnBlues #Depression #LivingWithDepression #MentalHealthDiary #MentalHealthCommunityIreland #DebutNovel
... I step away from Instagram for two minutes an ... I step away from Instagram for two minutes and suddenly 𝔻𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝔹𝕝𝕦𝕖 is just ⏳6 α΄‘α΄‡α΄‡α΄‹κœ± α΄€α΄‘α΄€ΚβŒ› from publication! Holy heck! That is so scary and also wildly exciting. 🀯 Watch this space for frank and honest updates along the way, including a blog series called 𝕄π•ͺ π•ƒπ•šπ•₯π•₯𝕝𝕖 β„™π•¦π•“π•π•šπ•€π•™π•šπ•Ÿπ•˜ π”Έπ••π•§π•–π•Ÿπ•₯𝕦𝕣𝕖 which will document the whole process. ✍️ Yesterday's edition is all about giving my book to my editor (also the terror of getting feedback from beta-readers!). 😱 You can read it at the link in my bio or my highlights. πŸ‘€ Or ❗ just copy and paste the link below πŸ‘‡ 🌐 saoirseschad.com/my-book-is-with-my-editor-and-im-in-hell πŸ’™ . . . #MyLittlePublishingAdventure #BooksnBlues #DebutNovel #IrishAuthor #MentalHealthWriter #SelfPub #IndiePub #WritersLife #BookReleaseCountdown #BookLaunchCountdown
... [α΄˜ΚŸα΄‡α΄€κœ±α΄‡ α΄‡Ι΄α΄Šα΄Κ α΄›Κœα΄‡ ᴘ ... [α΄˜ΚŸα΄‡α΄€κœ±α΄‡ α΄‡Ι΄α΄Šα΄Κ α΄›Κœα΄‡ α΄˜Κœα΄α΄›α΄ α΄›Κœα΄€α΄› α΄α΄κœ±α΄› α΄„ΚŸα΄κœ±α΄‡ΚŸΚ α΄α΄€α΄›α΄„Κœα΄‡κœ± ʜᴏᴑ Ιͺ'ᴍ κœ°α΄‡α΄‡ΚŸΙͺΙ΄Ι’ ΚŸα΄€α΄›α΄‡ΚŸΚ!] 𝕄π•ͺ π•ƒπ•šπ•₯π•₯𝕝𝕖 β„™π•¦π•“π•π•šπ•€π•™π•šπ•Ÿπ•˜ π”Έπ••π•§π•–π•Ÿπ•₯𝕦𝕣𝕖 πŸ”Ή ᴍʏ ʙᴏᴏᴋ Ιͺꜱ α΄‘Ιͺα΄›Κœ ᴍʏ ᴇᴅΙͺᴛᴏʀ α΄€Ι΄α΄… Ιͺ'ᴍ ΙͺΙ΄ Κœα΄‡ΚŸΚŸπŸ”Ή Hiring a professional editor was perhaps the most important step in My Little Publishing Adventure. Bringing someone else aboard the adventure train forced me to start taking the whole thing seriously. Hiring Peter Dunne is what made me actually finish my debut novel. I first met Peter when he was the editor of GCN (Gay Community News) Magazine. The magazine is Ireland’s leading LGBTQ+ publication and it also happens to be the place where I became a professional writer. Peter and I worked together for a year before we both left GCN within a few weeks of each other. Peter is a mega-talented editor with lots of other feathers in his cap. He’s an award-winning writer, playwright, producer and creator of audio dramas, podcasts and unusual experiences. He’s also the writer-director of the sensational Petrified Podcast which continues to win numerous accolades and spook the heck out of scaredy-cats like me. Hiring Peter was a no-brainer. I love the way he works and I’ll take any opportunity to work with him again. Inviting him, an established actual real-life professional in creative Ireland, meant that I had to get my sh*t together. πŸ‘€ Read the full post at the link in my story ❗OR ❗ at 🌐 saoirseschad.com/my-book-is-with-my-editor-and-im-in-hell πŸ’™ . . . #MyLittlePublishingAdventure #BooksnBlues #DebutNovel #IrishAuthor #IrishBlogger #MentalHealthWriter #SelfPub #IndiePub #BetaReaders #Bookstagram #Authorgram
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