by Emma-Jane Barlow | Oct 26, 2018 | Blog
I think you have to be a special kind of crazy to attempt NaNoWriMo during your first year of teaching. Well, I think I might just be the right amount of crazy to attempt it. I completed NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) in 2014. I wrote 50,000 words in one...
by Emma-Jane Barlow | Aug 21, 2018 | Blog
Today I wrote a short story, for fun! This may sound like a simple task for a writer, as writer’s write, right? Well, I did write A LOT once upon a time. I had notebooks full of ideas, I had motivation to put pen to paper and I really enjoyed the craft of...
by Emma-Jane Barlow | Nov 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
I will always be a writer. No matter what my job title is or what I do during the day, writing is my passion and I wouldn’t be ‘me’ without it. However, recently I’ve started to feel less like a writer. Maybe that’s because I...
by Emma-Jane Barlow | Oct 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’ve decided that this year is the year that I will not only attempt but win NANOWRIMO. Now if you don’t know what NANOWRIMO stands for, I will tell you. It stands for – National Novel Writing Month. That’s right, I’m going to attempt...
by Emma-Jane Barlow | Aug 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
Lucy is a heart-pounding action packed thriller with eccentric possibilities. Luc Besson’s latest film Lucy has been compared to Limitless, a previous film starring Bradley Cooper but the thriller explores further fictional realms. The plot begins with the main...