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Elvis Has Left The Building | Emma McArthur
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Elvis Has Left The Building. March 10, 2015. These words have been running through my mind on repeat lately. They have the power to make me laugh one minute and cry the next. I have touched on parenting before in The Pride and The Pain. Now as I walk through the flat that was supposed to be his last home (carefully chosen as a manageable space for the end game) the same words keep running through my brain on a loop – Elvis Has Left The Building. That’s the only way I can describe how it feels. Is a phras...
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Why Night Writer? | Emma McArthur
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June 11, 2014. I’m not a. But I am good friends with the early hours. Why is it that the ideas come then? It’s not an uncommon predicament. A quiet space without distractions is hard to achieve during the day. Night-time brings with it a natural pause, and as the responsibilities which dictate over and shape the day, lose their hold, there is a space for ideas to form. It’s more than that though. Night Writing is more than simple time mechanics or logistics. For me, writing has often felt. Which our brai...
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June | 2014 | Emma McArthur
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June 11, 2014. I’m not a. But I am good friends with the early hours. Why is it that the ideas come then? It’s not an uncommon predicament. A quiet space without distractions is hard to achieve during the day. Night-time brings with it a natural pause, and as the responsibilities which dictate over and shape the day, lose their hold, there is a space for ideas to form. It’s more than that though. Night Writing is more than simple time mechanics or logistics. For me, writing has often felt. Which our brai...
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December | 2014 | Emma McArthur
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December 11, 2014. October 14, 2015. Someone asked me recently. Why I write teen-fiction and why I like to read it. I could have said that. Teen-fiction is written by adults and if you want to write it, you need to read it, but it’s more than that. As an adult reader and writer of teen-fiction, I can tell you it will have you re-connecting with the teenager you once were. I can also tell you that re-engaging with some of those emotions, some of those firsts, can be a heady thing. I strive for that in my ...
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August | 2014 | Emma McArthur
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The Pride and The Pain. August 17, 2014. August 22, 2014. It is a complex thing, parenting a teenager. Knowing when to step back and let them try, and recognising the occasions to stop carrying them and let them manage, are not easy things to judge. A fledgling young-adult still needs support and guidance, but they also need the space and self belief to begin making larger decisions for themselves without interference. 8221; are not taxing. Knowing when and how to let go? That is much harder. When writin...
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Ravens and Doves | Emma McArthur
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March 15, 2015. October 11, 2015. All these rode my Mother and sat on her shoulders like a roosting of ravens and doves. Ever since my teenage years, when I stopped seeing a mother and began to see the woman that my mother was, this quotation has stayed with me. The diagnosis came when he was nineteen. I was sixteen. Some faulty wiring buried deep within his brain had begun to make his behaviour irrational, volatile,. Mum knew that then. I never fully understood the depth of her pain until I had children...
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Elvis Has Left The Building | Emma McArthur
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Elvis Has Left The Building. March 10, 2015. These words have been running through my mind on repeat lately. They have the power to make me laugh one minute and cry the next. I have touched on parenting before in The Pride and The Pain. Now as I walk through the flat that was supposed to be his last home (carefully chosen as a manageable space for the end game) the same words keep running through my brain on a loop – Elvis Has Left The Building. That’s the only way I can describe how it feels. Is a phras...
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Mental Illness | Emma McArthur
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March 15, 2015. October 11, 2015. All these rode my Mother and sat on her shoulders like a roosting of ravens and doves. Ever since my teenage years, when I stopped seeing a mother and began to see the woman that my mother was, this quotation has stayed with me. The diagnosis came when he was nineteen. I was sixteen. Some faulty wiring buried deep within his brain had begun to make his behaviour irrational, volatile,. Mum knew that then. I never fully understood the depth of her pain until I had children...
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Emma McArthur | Emma McArthur
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Recommended Reading: Eight Letters to a Young Writer. November 13, 2015. November 13, 2015. This series of letters, from Teju Cole to an imaginary young Nigerian author, is a rich resource for all writers. Source: Recommended Reading: Eight Letters to a Young Writer. Sharing this post by Cheri Lucas Rowlands in order to thank her (her comments are closed). These letters hold advice for all writers – not just young writers……. March 15, 2015. October 11, 2015. Mum knew that then. It was thirty years ago an...
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Pandrimogene | Emma McArthur
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Working Title – Pandrimogene. A near-future, post apocalyptic adventure for teen readers. Imogen meets Blake at a club, not knowing he’s been sent to watch over her. Stubbornly independent at the start, she gradually falls for him, under the guise of fellow student. Blake accepts his assignment without question, but soon realises there is more to Imogen than meets the eye and his task becomes complicated by his growing feelings for her. Is he her protector or her captor? Emma McArthur, 2014. July 31, 201...