April 2023: a bit of a lost month

Well, this month’s update will be short and sweet. After three pretty successful writing months, it’s probably not that surprising that I hit a bit of a wall in April. I did beta read a short story for a friend and send her some feedback! That was a win! But on the whole, I had

March 2023: Ups and Downs

Before I get into the update, just a quick heads up: sometime during April, this website will default back to its old lettingoutthevoices.wordpress.com home. That’s because websites are expensive and right now I have other priorities. Plus, this site gets so little traffic I don’t think it will be a big problem. emilywrayburn.com will be

February 2023: Two fifths of a novel!

In my progress post at the end of January, I mentioned that I had finally figured out the ending to my YA romantic fantasy, Facing the Music. After spending a bit of time reading over old notes and giving it thoughts, I finally took the plunge on February 4 and put pen to paper (fingers

January 2023: Off to a good start!

Monthly updates, can I manage that? I seem to manage it on my review blog, so maybe I can manage it here as well. Given that I was overseas until a week ago, I was generally planning for February to be when I got back into writing for the year. But then on January 12,

2023: Replenish

Happy 2023, everyone! At the start of every year, I try to choose a word that will be my theme for the next twelve months. This year’s word is REPLENISH. After the year that was, my main priority this year is to refill the creative well, as well as take more time for myself and

Merry Christmas from Max, Clara and me.

Hello from Budapest, Hungary! I’m in about week six of a ten-week European tour, and at the moment I’m especially looking forward to seeing The Nutcracker at the Hungarian State Opera on Christmas Day. Knowing that this was coming up, I was struck by the idea of Clara and Max going to see The Nutcracker.

New Release: Where the Weird Things Are Vol. 1

Hi everyone! I’ve had a very stressful couple of months but we’re coming out of that now, and I have an announcement! My short story “Sign Me Up” is featured in Deadset Press’s new anthology, Where The Weird Things Are Volume 1. It features a public servant in a job she hates on a dangerous

Well, hello, mid-March.

With a new book coming out at the end of the month and WordPress about to charge me for another year of domain registration, I thought I should pop in and update this blog a bit. First of all, Enchanted Sleep, book two in the Drosselmeier Industries series, comes out on March 26! You can

The One With the End of the Year Summing Up

I remember saying at the end of 2020 that people were putting a helluva a lot of pressure on 2021 to be ~better~ than 2020. I think it’s pretty safe to say that 2021 did not deliver on that front, and I don’t think anyone is harbouring any of the same illusions about 2022. In

2021 Goals Midpoint Check-in

This was supposed to be my quarterly check-in. I found it in my drafts folder today. Oops! I am usually a stickler for having these types of posts go up on the last day of the period they refer to or the first day of the following period, but here we are. 😂 This year