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

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: the Year of COMPLETE

In 2020, a few writer friends and I all chose a word to be our theme for 2020. I’ve decided to do that again this year. I have so many unfinished projects I want to return to, so it makes sense that my 2021 theme word would be Complete. With that in mind, here are

#WeWriWa // #8sunday 08 – April 05, 2020

Welcome to Weekend Writing Warriors, where writers share 8-10 sentences from their WIP for from a current writing project, published or unpublished, then visit other participants and offer opinions, critiques, support. Uh… hi. Yes. It’s been a while. This year, right? Yikes… But on a happier note, look, I have a real website! This is my first

#ROW80 Update – 16 October

Hello, and welcome to a Round of Words in 80 Days – the writing challenge that knows you have a life. If that sounds like your cup of tea, then you can find more information at the website. I shared my goals post last week but due to various things, never actually shared it anywhere. So