'You want a bubble butt and you don't want to work hard?'

I know my weekly posts aren't exactly going to plan but I think you guys should allow me. I am doing better than once a month right?

The Author School Day was incredible! It's such a weird process because Helen and I are always stressed out and then the day runs smoothly. The speakers were fantastic! The authors were chatty and asked loads of questions. I finally got to meet Katherine Webber author of Wing Jones. She gave me such a great quote for my Emily book and is so sweet in person. We saw each other and was like 'Selfie!' Honestly, I just love The Author School and now we are planning our London Book Fair one and tickets are already on sale. Now we are doing a different ticketing scheme from tickets selling from £50 all the way to £70, so if you book quick you can get some really cheap tickets but if you leave it to the last minute, you will grab an expensive one. So chuffed that Lit agent Clare Wallace will be back to do a full class and do one-to-ones!! Book www.theauthorschool.com

I am doing a Black Friday/ Cyber Monday sale that ends on Wednesday. I mean I think this sale is fire. 50% off books and battle cards and ebooks for 99p. You're welcome :) Everything is selling fast. Yay!! So grab something while you can SHOP BLACK FRIDAY

Apparently there are people who want to get Sleeping Beauty banned in schools because it promotes some form of sexual aggression. It's not that deep.

I think I can see the finish line of my dancing life. I do like to teach but I can see that I am getting so much deeper into the publishing world that I don't see how long I'm going to be teaching for. I'm even getting sick of wearing trainers and that says A LOT!

I took Anneliese to see Dream Girls for her birthday. It was AMAZING!! It's next to the Savoy Hotel so it screams glamour and I booked a day when Amber Riley was meant to be playing Effie White but she wasn't there. The other girl who played her. I just need a second. Her voice was flawless and when she went to sing 'And I am telling you' the whole audience gasped because that's literally the highlight of the musical. When she hit THAT note, everyone went crazy. The show was just done so well. The guy playing Jimmy (Eddie Murphy's character) was him to the T. I went home and just downloaded the soundtrack so my wedding will just be a Dream Girls soundtrack. The only thing I didn't like was 'Listen' was sung as a duet and they had changed the words but I think it was down to copyright because the song was written for the movie. A few days after the show I re-watched the movie so I could sing off key without everyone judging me.

Kris Jenner having a scribe is one of the best things I have seen on TV.

Cause it's so cold, it's so hard to go to the gym and just be motivated. I've been pretty consistent but sometimes after work I just want to do nothing! Anyway I went to this class with this new instructor. She honestly reminded me of myself. I am an organised mess so I think sometimes I come across like I'm blagging (usually am) but you will be worked hard! She was fiddling with her music, reading her notes for time and I can see people getting annoyed but I was looking at her like this is me. She was making these comments and I couldn't stop laughing. I don't think people clocked it till later. But she would say things like 'You want a bubble butt and you don't want to work hard? I have a bubble butt!' or she would be on all fours and say 'Ladies this is the best position that guys like, you must make sure you do this position.' The best class.

Justice League. Blah. Jason Momoa. Yes! But on the plus side, The Incredibles 2 trailer looks like the best thing I have seen!

I went to Waterstones and saw this beaut on the shelf!!! Oh hey Ems :)
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I have a new book out!

That's right book 4 is out! This is my first anthology and it's absolutely gorgeous. I was asked to be part of The Very Merry Murder Club maybe a few weeks after my dad and I remember just thinking why is this opportunity coming now?! And it's with Farshore and imprint of HarperCollins. There's no way I can do it. I literally couldn't write. My agent Gemma spoke to me and the editors knew what had happened to me so it was really up to me. I prayed on it and God said to me you're not going to feel this way in October so I said yes. I won't lie I was worried that I really couldn't write this book but thank God for his strength and amazing agent and now it's here! I've been ill all week but I saw loads of pic on social and my copy hasn't come yet so I dragged myself to Waterstones Islington to take pics of the book on the shelves. The booksellers were looking at me like are you going to buy this book. HA! The amazing thing is I have even more ...

In the words of Carrie Bradshaw and just like that I was a YA author

It feels like the right time but this will be my last entry. I know! I've been writing in this blog for TEN YEARS but this year it just felt off. I couldn't pinpoint why that was but the other day I realised I started this blog because I was a dancer who was trying to understand the publishing world. I also was so scared of anyone reading my work hence why I started a blog. Ten years later I have fulfilled my goals! Back in May I had finished my first YA book, a love story based around a Black owned bookshop in Stoke Newington. How I wrote this book when I was heartbroken I have no idea. I vaguely remember sitting on the couch with headphones on playing O Holy Night on repeat at 3am writing. I made my deadline and I wasn't sure if the book was good. My first round of submission for another book had very conflicting feedback and honestly I didn't have it in me to experience that again. I just wanted a deal. Fast forward to September 21st and my book was sent on submissio...

My meeting with an agent

Those of you who have been following this blog from the beginning will know that I've been trying for years to get an agent. Well I have the best news...I HAVE A LITERARY AGENT!!!!!!!! Omg I was in so much shock when they responded and it wasn't the rejection letter I was used too. You're probably wondering how did this happen right? Remember when I went to The London Book Fair? My PR told me to go through the exhibition directory and message all the literary agents for a meeting. Whilst I was doing that, most of them had links to their sites so I figured why not submit for the thousandth time, you never know. The directory is super long so I got bored doing it and Helen (PR) kept emailing 'Have you finished it?' All I can say is thank Jesus that she did that because that's when I submitted to Raimondi and Campbell. I got a response to read the whole of the novel. Now I've been at this position before and it usually ends there, so I sent the book in. Th...

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